Indecency--arguably among the most provocative and incendiary issues in today's media--is speech at the edge of social tolerance. This timely volume examines broadcast and Internet indecency from legal and social perspectives, utilizing current cases and well-publicized examples. In exploring the issues associated with this highly controversial area, author Jeremy Harris Lipschultz makes headway toward an understanding of how indecency, as communication on the fringes of social norms, functions in defining free expression through specific types of speech. He contrasts conceptualizations of indecency and obscenity, synthesizes case law and social research, and develops theoretical generalizations for future research and study. His work provides a comprehensive examination of broadcast and Internet indecency issues and cases that serve to test generalizations about freedom of expression and one's ability to define free speech.
Table of Contents
Broadcast & Internet Indecency: Defining Free Speech
Chapter I. Introduction to Broadcast and Internet Indecency
The Engaging Questions
Stern Helps Define the Issues
Social and Legal Issues
Miller v. California
Broadcasting, Cable and the Internet
Safe Harbor Issues
To Regulate or Not
Indecency and Obscenity
Chapter Summary
Review Questions
Chapter II. History of American Broadcasting
Historical Context of Broadcast Regulation
Ship-to-Shore Communications and Interference Chaos
NBC
Red Lion
Public Interest, Convenience and Necessity
Newton Minnol“c
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