Title: Where do you draw the line? : an exploration into media violence, pornography, and censorship /
Authors: Cline, Victor B.; Berns, Walter, 1919-; Cline, Victor B.,; Berns, Walter, 1919-2015.
Publisher: Brigham Young University Press,
Year: 1974
Subjects: Mass media Censorship; Violence in mass media United States.; Sex in mass media.; Censorship United States; Violence in mass media
Abstract: In his general introduction to this volume, Victor Cline has listed traditional arguments against censorship, noting, however, that in our body of law we have with some unanimity made a few important exceptions to free speech (e.g., when we prohibit it, as in perjury, false advertising, and in similar instances).
Contents: Censorship versus freedom of speech. Introduction ; The impact of violence and pornography on the arts and morality / Robert E. Fitch ; Democracy, censorship, and the arts / Walter Berns ; The case for liberal censorship / Irving Kristol ; Comments and conclusions -- The law. Introduction ; The "uninhibited, robust, and wide-open" First Amendment / Alexander M. Bickel ; Living with free speech : a response to Alexander M. Bickel / Norman Podhoretz ; Obscenity law and the Supreme Court / Paul J. McGeady ; Comments and conclusion -- Violence in the media. Introduction ; Aggression in childhood : the impact of television / R.M. Liebert, E.S. Davidson, and J.M. Neale ; The effects of media violence on social learning / Alberta Siegel ; The desensitization of children to TV violence / Victor B. Cline, Roger G. Croft, and Steven Courrier ; School for violence, mayhem in the mass media / Frederic Wertham ; Statement of the Surgeon General concerning television and violence / Jesse L. Steinfeld ; Comments and conclusions -- The world of pornography and erotica. Introduction ; Summary of the Report of the National Commission on Obscenity and Pornography ; Another view : pornography effects, the state of the art / Victor B. Cline ; The Pornography Commission : a case study of scientists and social policy decision making / Ernest van den Haag ; The psychiatrist as expert witness in pornography prosecutions / Blaine D. McLaughlin, M.D. ; Comments and conclusions -- Where do you draw the line? Introduction ; Alternatives to direct censorship / Alberta Siegel ; Violence, pornography, and social science / James Q. Wilson ; Without redeeming social value? / Reo M. Christenson ; Obscenity and freedom of expression / Harry M. Clor ; Comments and conclusions -- An overview. A summing up ; A conclusion / Victor B. Cline.