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The Television Code: Regulating the Screen to Safeguard the Industry

Posted By: roxul
Date: 11 Nov 2021 17:10:50
The Television Code: Regulating the Screen to Safeguard the Industry

Deborah L. Jaramillo, "The Television Code: Regulating the Screen to Safeguard the Industry"
English | ISBN: 1477316442 | 2018 | 272 pages | PDF | 18 MB

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 drinking, negative portrayals of family life and law enforcement officials, or irreverence for God and religion) to the allowable number of commercial minutes per hour of programming. It mandated that broadcasters make time for religious programming and discouraged them from charging for it. And it called for tasteful and accurate coverage of news, public events, and controversial issues.
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