Broadcast Indecency: F.C.C. Regulation and the First Amendment

ISBN-10: 024080208X
ISBN-13: 9780240802084
Category: Social Science / Media Studies
Pages: 261
Language: English
Published: 1997
Publisher: Focal Press
Author: Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

Description

Discussing such controversial issues as 'shock jock' Howard Stern, this book treats broadcast indecency as more than a simple regulatory problem in American law. The author's approach cuts across legal, social, and economic concerns taking the view that media law and regulation cannot be seen within a vacuum that ignores cultural realities.

This cutting-edge book treats broadcast indecency as a social phenomenon challenging the policy approach of government regulation. It is an exploration of the political and social processes involved in the government control of mass media content. The author, using F.C.C. documents and other sources, studies the complex issue of broadcast indecency and its impact on the mass media and the public. He also challenges assumptions and attempts to place content issues within an international context and to project the future of regulation while offering practical advice to broadcast managers on how to deal with today's broadcast indecency issues.

Jeremy Harris Lipschultz, Ph.D., is a former radio news director. He is currently an associate professor of communication and Graduate Program Chair in the Department of Communication, University of Nebraska at Omaha. He holds a Ph.D. in journalism from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and has been active in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

First book to give broadcast management the necessary social, political, and legal framework
Contains current and future trends in regulation and case law.
Offers guidelines for managing talent and programming.

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