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The Television Code : regulating the screen to safeguard the industry /

<P>The broadcasting industry?s trade association, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), sought to sanitize television content via its self-regulatory document, the Television Code. The Code covered everything from the stories, images, and sounds of TV programs (no profanity, illicit...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jaramillo, Deborah Lynn, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction. The Television Code and the Trade Association; 1. Regulatory Precedents before Television: The Government and the NAB Experiment with Radio; 2. Distinguishing Television from Radio via the Trade Association: The Rise and Fall of the Television Broadcasters Association; 3. The Industry Talks about a Television Code: Discourses of Decency, Self-Regulation, and Medium Specificity; 4. The Television Audience Speaks Out: Viewer Complaints and the Demand for Government Intervention
  • 5. The Federal Communications Commission: Impotent Bureaucrats, Underhanded Censors, or Exasperated Intermediaries?6. Senator William Benton Challenges the Commercial Television Paradigm; Conclusion. After the Code; Appendix A. The Television Code: Section on "Acceptability of Program Material"; Appendix B. The Television Code: Section on "Decency and Decorum in Production"; Notes; Bibliography; Index