Broadcast Indecency: F.C.C. Regulation and the First Amendment [Paperback]

Broadcast Indecency (1997) treats broadcast indecency as more than a simple regulatory problem in American law. The authors 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. It treats broadcast as a phenomenon challenging the policy approach of government regulation, and is an exploration of the political and social processes involved in the government control of mass media content.

1. An Introduction to Issues in Broadcast Indecency  2. Conceptual Problems of Policy and Application  3. Origins of the Concept of Indecent  4. Mass Communicators: Gender and Theoretical Issues  5. A Content Analysis of Nonactionable Broadcasts  6. The Role of Audience and Community in Complaints  7. Branton v. FCC: The Redefinition of Listener Standing  8. The Social Construction of Howard Stern: Shock Jocks and Their Listeners  9. The Question of Effects from Indecent Broadcasts  10. Making Money: Advertising and the Issue of Broadcast Indecency  11. United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Influence: The ACT Cases and Regulatory Ambiguity  12. Broadcast Indecency and First Amendment Theory: The Future of Regulation in an International Context

Broadcast Indecency (1997) treats broadcast indecency as more than a simple regulatory problem in American law. The authors 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.