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The V-chip Debate - Content Filtering From Television To the Internet (Hardcover)
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The V-chip Debate - Content Filtering From Television To the Internet (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Communication Series
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The V-chip is a highly significant part of the discussion about
whether television (or broadcasting in general) deserves some
special attention in terms of its accessibility to children, its
particular power to affect conduct, and its invasiveness. But as
this notion of filtering and labeling has caught the imagination of
the regulator, the legislator, and all those who wish to consider
new ways to alter bargaining over imagery in society, the very
"idea" of the V-chip or its equivalent is moving across other
technologies, including the Internet. The V-chip issue has also
fueled the ongoing debate about violence and sexual practices in
society, and how representations on television relate to those
practices.
Although the initial concept of the V-chip is simple, its flow
into the public realm raises so many extraordinary questions that
the introduction and production of the chip virtually serves as a
case study in problems of law and public policy. The very
conceptualization of speech in society is being affected by this
issue. Accordingly, the place of the V-chip in this debate is
increasingly important; indeed, it may be argued that the V-chip's
contribution to legal argumentation may be greater than its
ultimate contribution to the relationship between children and
imagery. Among the questions the contributors address are:
*What research basis is necessary to require a framework for
labeling and rating?
*What relationship between government and the image-producing
industries can be characterized--for constitutional and other
reasons--as voluntary as opposed to coercive?
*Who should evaluate these images?
*To what extent should the evaluation process be centralized
and/or distributed?
*What assessment is appropriate to evaluate whether the experiment
is "successful?"
In addition to the V-chip's origin's in Canada and its further
evolution in the United States, this book discusses the development
of the V-chip and television rating systems in Europe, Australia,
and throughout the world. It also includes essays which contrast
the very different approaches in Canada and the United States in
terms of the role of regulatory agency, industry, and
government.
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