Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ569978
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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A Decade of Indecency Enforcement: A Study of How the Federal Communications Commission Assesses Indecency Fines (1987-1997).
Rivera-Sanchez, Milagros; Ballard, Michelle
Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, v75 n1 p143-53 Spr 1998
Contributes to scholarship on press freedom, indecency, and federal regulation by examining the 36 cases between 1987-1997 in which the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) issued indecency fines. Investigates various factors and finds that, while the FCC appears to follow a fairly predictable pattern, there are elements of arbitrariness. (SR)
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Court Litigation, Federal Regulation, Freedom of Speech, Legal Problems, Radio
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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