Difference between revisions of "Children's Protection From Violent Programming Act"

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====Medium: [[:Category:Television|Television]]====
 
====Medium: [[:Category:Television|Television]]====
 
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'''Artist:''' All U.S. Television Networks
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'''Confronting Bodies:''' Senator Daniel K. Inouye and Senator Ernest F. Hollings
  
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Senator Daniel K. Inouye and Senator Ernest F. Hollings
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'''Confronted Bodies:''' Television Networks
  
 
'''Dates of Action:''' 1993
 
'''Dates of Action:''' 1993
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'''Location:''' United States
 
'''Location:''' United States
  
'''Description of Artwork:''' Violence occurring on television during times frequently watched by children.
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'''Focus of the Opposition:''' Violence occurring on television during times frequently watched by children.
  
 
'''The Incident:''' Senator Ernest F. Hollings and Senator Daniel K. Inouye co-sponsored the Children's Protection from Violent Programming Act of 1993, which would ban the broadcast or cable transmission of violent programming during hours when children make up a substantial share of the audience.
 
'''The Incident:''' Senator Ernest F. Hollings and Senator Daniel K. Inouye co-sponsored the Children's Protection from Violent Programming Act of 1993, which would ban the broadcast or cable transmission of violent programming during hours when children make up a substantial share of the audience.
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'''Results of Incident:''' The act was still in committee when the article was published.
 
'''Results of Incident:''' The act was still in committee when the article was published.
  
'''Source:''' New York Times, 11/23/93
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'''Source:''' [http://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/23/opinion/dialogue-tv-violence-survival-vs-censorship-save-the-children.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm New York Times], [http://www.archive.org/details/schildrensprote00trangoog Read the Full Act Here]
  
 
[[Category:1993]]
 
[[Category:1993]]

Revision as of 15:25, 9 August 2011

Date: 1993

Region: North America

Subject: Violence

Medium: Television


Confronting Bodies: Senator Daniel K. Inouye and Senator Ernest F. Hollings

Confronted Bodies: Television Networks

Dates of Action: 1993

Location: United States

Focus of the Opposition: Violence occurring on television during times frequently watched by children.

The Incident: Senator Ernest F. Hollings and Senator Daniel K. Inouye co-sponsored the Children's Protection from Violent Programming Act of 1993, which would ban the broadcast or cable transmission of violent programming during hours when children make up a substantial share of the audience.

Results of Incident: The act was still in committee when the article was published.

Source: New York Times, Read the Full Act Here