LEA's communication series

Brief biographies of three television personalities: Henry Winkler, Lee Majors, and Valerie Harper.

"This volume considers the role of parents in controlling television programs watched by children. Originating out of a study performed for the European Commission by the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP), this report examines parental monitoring and control of access to broadcast programming. Conducted in countries across Europe, the study crossed media, national boundaries, and technologies to consider possible directions for public policy.". "As a comprehensive snapshot of the technologies and systems available to monitor and control children's television use in the European community, this report serves both as a benchmark of the current level of control and as a foundation from which to consider future media policy and regulation considerations. It will be of great interest to scholars and students in comparative media studies, media policy, and regulation, as well as to policymakers, regulators, and others interested in the rating and control of media content."--BOOK JACKET.

This reference book is designed as a road map for researchers who need to find specific information about American mass communication as expeditiously as possible. Taking a topical approach, it integrates publications and organizations into subject-focused chapters for easy user reference. The editors define mass communication to include print journalism and electronic media and the processes by which they communicate messages to their audiences. Included are newspaper, magazine, radio, television, cable, and newer electronic media industries. Within that definition, this volume offers an indexed inventory of more than 1,400 resources on most aspects of American mass communication history, technology, economics, content, audience research, policy, and regulation. The material featured represents the carefully considered judgment of three experts -- two of them librarians -- plus four contributors from different industry venues. The primary focus is on the domestic American print and electronic media industries. Although there is no claim to a complete census of all materials on print journalism and electronic media -- what is available is now too vast for any single guide -- the most important and useful items are here. The emphasis is on material published since 1980, though useful older resources are included as well. Each chapter is designed to stand alone, providing the most important and useful resources of a primary nature -- organizations and documents as well as secondary books and reports. In addition, online resources and internet citations are included where possible.

In The V-Chip Debate, Monroe E. Price has gathered an international set of contributors from government, academe, and industry to discuss the origins and development of the V-chip and its certain destiny to alter not just programming and broadcasting policies but law and public policy as well. The essays in this timely volume contrast the approaches in Canada and the United States in terms of the role of regulatory agency, industry, and government, as well as discuss existing television rating systems throughout the world. While the concept of the V-chip is simple, its implications are varied and complex. For all involved in media policy and law, this volume provides a unique perspective on the V-chip debate, and brings to the forefront a critical topic certain to have monumental impact on public policy for years to come.

Using international evidence about media sex, examines the breadth of the questions abut the prevalence and prominence of sex in the media, about public opinion concerning sexual content, about different effects (usually harmful ones) that allegedly follow exposure to media sex, and about the use of sex as a selling device. [back cover].