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Author Hendershot, Heather.

Title Saturday morning censors : television regulation before the V-chip / Heather Hendershot
Published Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 285 pages) : illustrations
Series Console-ing passions
Console-ing passions.
Contents Attacking (TV?) violence -- "We call our company Motel" : looking for sexism and racism in the children's entertainment industry -- Action for (and against) Children's Television : "militant mothers" and the tactics of television reform -- Toys, TV, and toaster pictures : children's entertainment and the free market mentality -- Turned-on toddlers and space age TV : debating Sesame Street -- Sesame Street technologies : the quest for cultural and scientific neutrality -- Hey, hey, hey, it's "good" TV : Fat Albert, CBS, and Dr. William H. Cosby
Summary This book examines the history of adults' attempts to safeguard children from the violence, sexism, racism, and commercialism on television since the 1950s
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-273) and index
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Subject Children's television programs.
Television and children.
Television -- Censorship.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Children's television programs
Television and children
Television -- Censorship
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Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822378693
0822378698