WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE? - AN EXPLORATION INTO MEDIA VIOLENCE, PORNOGRAPHY, AND CENSORSHIP

• NCJ Number: 19162
• Editor(s): V B CLINE
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 376 pages
• Sale Source: Brigham Young University Press
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EDITED COLLECTION OF 20 PAPERS PRESENTING THE STATE-FOTHE-ART IN KNOWLEDGE OF THE BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF MEDIA VIOLENCE AND PORNOGRAPHY AND CONSIDERING THE ISSUES OF CENSORSHIP, FREE SPEECH, MORALITY AND COURT JUDGEMENTS.

Abstract

THE PAPERS PRESENTED HERE DISCUSS SUCH TOPICS AS TYPES OF CENSORSHIP, IMPACT OF VIOLENCE AND PORNOGRAPHY ON THE ARTS AND MORALITY, THE BREAKDOWN OF THE FAMILY STRUCTURE, OBSCENITY LAWS, THE DESENSITIZATION OF CHILDREN TO TELEVISION VIOLENCE, THE BUILDING OF AGGRESSION, AND MEDIA VIOLENCE AND PORNOGRAPHY AS POLITICAL TOOLS. THE EDITOR CONCLUDES THAT THE FACTS AND OPINIONS PRESENTED TEND TO EITHER EXPLICITLY OR IMPLICITLY INDICATE THE NEED FOR A MIDDLE GROUND OF CENSORSHIP; HE THEN OUTLINES POSSIBILITIES TOWARD THAT END.