List Books » Violence on Television: Congressional Inquiry, Public Criticism and Industry Response: A Policy Analysis
Authors: Cynthia A. Cooper
ISBN-13: 9780761804772, ISBN-10: 0761804773
Format: Paperback
Publisher: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
Date Published: October 1996
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Congressional scrutiny and public criticism of violent television have spanned nearly four decades with little change in the emphasis of those protests. Despite the intensive spotlight cast on broadcasters, few in Congress have really tried to affect any real changes in the amount and nature of violence in television programming. Although there have been many studies conducted on the effects of television, few authors have explored the political, cultural and societal influences in the battles over television violence. This book explores the complexities of Congressional and public scrutiny and the dynamics of communications policy-making in the United States.
Author Biography: Cynthia A. Cooper is Assistant Professor in the Department of Mass Communications at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville.
Preface | ||
Acknowledgements | ||
Introduction | ||
Ch. 1 | Broadcast Policy Making Research: Participants, Structures and Influences | 1 |
Ch. 2 | Study of Congressional Hearings and Their Impact | 11 |
Ch. 3 | Early Concerns Over Media Violence: Parents Protest Betty Boop and the Ether Bogeyman | 21 |
Ch. 4 | Television - The Preparatory School for Juvenile Delinquency | 27 |
Ch. 5 | Responding To Citizen Efforts To Clean Up the Vast Wasteland | 37 |
Ch. 6 | The Kennedy Assassination and the Search For the Cause of Violence | 49 |
Ch. 7 | The National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence | 55 |
Ch. 8 | Senator and The Surgeon General: The Blind Leading the Blindfolded? | 63 |
Ch. 9 | Report By The Scientific Advisory Committee on Television & Social Behavior | 69 |
Ch. 10 | Attempts To Regulate Television Violence Through Section 315 and The Fairness Doctrine | 75 |
Ch. 11 | In Search of A Causal Link Between Television and Behavior | 79 |
Ch. 12 | Sex & Violence on Television: Parts I & II | 85 |
Ch. 13 | Television Violence and the Courts: Don't Blame Me, TV Made Me Do It! | 91 |
Ch. 14 | NBC and The Moral Majority: A Holy War Over Violence on Television | 99 |
Ch. 15 | Removing the Shackles of Anticompetitive Regulation | 109 |
Ch. 16 | "Happy Violence" and a Return to Concern Youth Violence | 115 |
Ch. 17 | Janet Reno v. Beavis and Butthead | 127 |
Ch. 18 | Congress Passes the Telecommunications Act of 1996 | 131 |
Ch. 19 | Summary Observations | 135 |
Appendices | 143 | |
Bibliography | 175 | |
Index | 199 |