America's first network TV censor : the work of NBC's Stockton Helffrich / Bob Pondillo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pondillo, Robert, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television broadcasting--United States--Biography.

Television broadcasting.

Television--Censorship--United States.

Television.

National Broadcasting Company.

Helffrich, Stockton, 1911-1997.

Helffrich, Stockton.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

America's First Network TV Censor: The Work of NBC's Stockton Helffrich is a unique examination of early television censorship, centered around the papers of Stockton Helffrich, the first manager of the censorship department at NBC. Set against the backdrop of postwar America and contextualized by myriad primary sources including original interviews and unpublished material, Helffrich's reports illustrate how early censorship of advertising, language, and depictions of sex, violence, and race shaped the new medium. While other books have cited H

Contents:

Introduction : context and beginnings of TV censorship

Stockton who?

The early years

The NBC-TV program policies manual

Sin, sex, and TV censorship

Gagging the gags

TV violence

Postwar racial discourse

Of truth and toilet paper

Conclusion : a prescient vision.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-69708-3

9786613674043

0-8093-8574-0

OCLC:

649913240