ERIC Number: ED268426
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985-Mar-20
Pages: 187
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The Role of the Entertainment Industry in Deglamorizing Drug Use. Hearing before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs. United States Senate, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session.
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
The text of a Senate hearing is presented in this document. In opening remarks, Senators William Roth and Sam Nunn discuss the serious nature of the problem of drug abuse and the crime it fosters. Margaret Heckler, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services gives testimony on the statistics of drug abuse, the activities of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and anti-drug media campaigns. Gerald McRaney, costar of the TV show "Simon and Simon" and board director of the Entertainment Industries Council, testifies about media portrayal of drug abuse and the anti-drug activities of the Entertainment Industries Council. Susan Kendall Newman of the Scott Newman Center and Larry Stewart of the Caucus for Producers, Writers, and Directors testify about awards given to television programs portraying drug abuse accurately and about media efforts to do the same. Thomas Leahy of CBS Broadcast Group, Irwin Segelstein of the National Broacasting Company, and Alfred Schneider of the American Broadcasting Company testify about methods their companies use in reviewing programming regarding drug abuse. (ABL)
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Drug Abuse, Hearings, Information Dissemination, Mass Media Effects, Programing (Broadcast), Television
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.
Publication Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials
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Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
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