Children, Indecency and the Perils of Broadcasting: The "Scared Straight" Case.

Jassem, Harvey; Glasser, Theodore L.

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ERIC Number: EJ289592

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Publication Date: 1983

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Children, Indecency and the Perils of Broadcasting: The "Scared Straight" Case.

Jassem, Harvey; Glasser, Theodore L.

Journalism Quarterly, v60 n3 p509-12,579 Aut 1983

Argues that there is no principled way to distinguish between the language used in the television program "Scared Straight" and that used by comedian George Carlin on radio station WBAI-FM, ruled indecent by the Supreme Court in "FCC v. Pacifica Foundation." (FL)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Censorship, Court Litigation, Freedom of Speech, Obscenity, Pornography, Programing (Broadcast), Television, Television Research

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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