The Television Code : : Regulating the Screen to Safeguard the Industry /

The Television Code : : Regulating the Screen to Safeguard the Industry / / Deborah L. Jaramillo.

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 sex and d...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Jaramillo, Deborah L.,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 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

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