The Television Code : : regulating the screen to safeguard the industry / / Deborah L. Jaramillo.

• VerfasserIn: Jaramillo, Deborah Lynn, 1976-
• TeilnehmendeR: National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters (U.S.),
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (275 pages) :; illustrations

Table of Contents

• Introduction. The Television Code and the trade association
• Regulatory precedents before television : the government and the NAB experiment with radio
• Distinguishing television from radio via the trade association : the rise and fall of the television broadcasters association
• The industry talks about a television code : discourses of decency, self-regulation, and medium specificity
• The television audience speaks out : viewer complaints and the demand for government intervention
• The FCC : impotent bureaucrats, stealthy censors, or exasperated intermediaries?
• Senator William Benton challenges the commercial television paradigm
• Conclusion
• After the code
• Appendix A. Acceptability of program material from the Television Code
• Appendix B. Decency and decorum in production.