America's first network TV censor
Subtitle: the work of NBC's Stockton Helffrich
By: Bob Pondillo.
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780809329182
Subjects: Helffrich, Stockton, -- 1911-1997; National Broadcasting Company, inc; Television broadcasting -- United States -- Biography; Television -- Censorship -- United States
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : context and beginnings of TV censorship; title: Stockton who?; title: The early years; title: The NBC-TV program policies manual; title: Sin, sex, and TV censorship; title: Gagging the gags; title: TV violence; title: Postwar racial discourse; title: Of truth and toilet paper; title: Conclusion : a prescient vision.