Advocacy groups and the entertainment industry / Michael Suman, senior editor, Gabriel Rossman, assistant editor ; prepared under the auspices of the Center for Communication Policy, University of California, Los Angeles
1. The Harvard Alcohol Project: Promoting the "Designated Driver" / Jay A. Winsten -- 2. Principles for Effective Advocacy from the Founder of Action for Children's Television / Peggy Charren -- 3. Using Soap Operas to Confront the World's Population Problem / Irwin Sonny Fox -- 4. A Catholic Look at the Entertainment Industry / William A. Donohue -- 5. The Proactive Strategy of GLAAD / William Horn and Gabriel Rossman -- 6. Strategies of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans / Guy Aoki -- 7. How Church Advocacy Groups Fostered the Golden Age of Hollywood / Ted Baehr -- 8. Influencing Media Content Through the Legal System: A Less Than Perfect Solution for Advocacy Groups / Rex S. Heinke and Michelle H. Tremain -- 9. Public Policy Advocacy: Truant Independent Producers in a Federal City Fixated on a "Values Agenda" / Mickey R. Gardner -- 10. Gatekeeping in the Neo-Network Era / Michael Curtin -- 11. What Is an Advocacy Group, Anyway? / Thomas Streeter -- 12. Hostile and Cooperative Advocacy / Gabriel Rossman -- 13. Advocacy Groups in the Age of Audience Fragmentation: Thoughts on a New Strategy / Robert Pekurny -- 14. Interest Groups and Public Debate / Michael Suman -- 15. Advocacy Groups Confront CBS: Problems or Opportunities? / Carol Altieri -- 16. Dealing with Advocacy Groups at ABC / Alfred R. Schneider -- 17. Television and Pressure Groups: Balancing the Bland / Lionel Chetwynd -- 18. A Millenarian View of Artists and Audiences / Nicholas Johnson
Notes
UCLA Center for Communication Policy, along with the American Cinema Foundation and the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, hosted a conference on Advocacy Groups and the Entertainment Industry on Feb. 9, 1997
Bibliography
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