| Abandoned in the Wasteland: Children, Television, & the First Amendment Contributor(s): Minow, Newton (Author), Lamay, Craig (Author) |
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ISBN: 0809015897 ISBN-13: 9780809015894 Publisher: Hill & Wang OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1996 Annotation: Broadcasters, parents, public officials, and teachers have all abandoned our children to a wasteland of vacuous, often violent television programing. In this eloquent book, Newton Minow and Craig LaMay persuasively demonstrate that this is a false application of the First Amendment. Broadcasters are required by law to serve the public interest, and the Supreme Court and Congress have said that service to children is a broadcaster's obligation under law, they remind us; the First Amendment can be used on behalf of children, to help make television a force that will nurture and not harm them. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Television - History & Criticism - Political Science - Law | Civil Procedure |
| Dewey: 347.303 |
| LCCN: 95001113 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.16" W x 8.64" (0.72 lbs) 242 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association Two well-known experts-Newton N. Minow is a former chairperson of the FCC-suggest bold new ways to think about television and its influence on American life and, most urgently, on American children. The authors argue that to defend an unrestricted freedom to broadcast by invoking the First Ammendent is an improper use of constitutional principle. They remind us that broadcasters are required by law to serve the public interest, and that the Supreme Court and Congress have affirmed that service to children is a broadcaster's legal obligation. |