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Mass Media | Television Ratings Will Protect Children From Violence
The entire television community has banded together—for the first time—to offer guidelines to parents so they can better monitor their young children’s TV watching. The guidelines are in effect now. The U.S. is the only nation to implement a parental TV assistance plan.
Yet in spite of this extraordinary, totally voluntary effort, there have been savage attacks on the guidelines by politicians and newspaper editorials. It is odd that these harsh criticisms were issued before the guidelines were completed and publicly declared.
What are the critics complaining about?...
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- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Internet Pornography Should Be Regulated
- Internet Pornography Should Not Be Regulated
- Libraries Should Not Regulate Internet Access
- Libraries Should Regulate Internet Access
- Self-Rating Of Internet Sites Will Not violate Free Speech
- Self-Rating Of Internet Sites Will violate Free Speech
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Chapter 5
- Chapter 5 Preface
- The V-Chip Will Protect Children From Television Violence
- The V-Chip Will Not Protect Children From Television Violence
- Television Ratings Will Protect Children From Violence
- Television Ratings Will Not Protect Children From Violence
- Requiring More Hours Of EducatIonal Television Will Benefit Children
- Requiring More Hours Of Educational Television Will Not Benefit Children
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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