02630nam 2200589Ia 450 991078113010332120230725051606.01-280-69708-397866136740430-8093-8574-0(CKB)2550000000019119(EBL)1354388(OCoLC)649913240(SSID)ssj0000482700(PQKBManifestationID)11929747(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000482700(PQKBWorkID)10528709(PQKB)10575655(MiAaPQ)EBC1354388(MdBmJHUP)muse3524(Au-PeEL)EBL1354388(CaPaEBR)ebr10394912(CaONFJC)MIL367404(EXLCZ)99255000000001911920090717d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerica's first network TV censor[electronic resource] the work of NBC's Stockton Helffrich /Bob PondilloCarbondale Southern Illinois University Press20101 online resource (271 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8093-2918-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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. 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against the backdrop of postwar America and contextualized by myriad primary sources including original interviews and unpublished material, Helffrich's reports illustrate how early censorship of advertising, language, and depictions of sex, violence, and race shaped the new medium.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 HTelevision broadcastingUnited StatesBiographyTelevisionCensorshipUnited StatesTelevision broadcastingTelevisionCensorship384.55092BPondillo Robert1951-1464054MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781130103321America's first network TV censor3673610UNINA