Federal Communications Commission Policy Matters and Television Programing


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Committee Serial No. 91-6. pt. 1: Considers general review of FCC activity on various subjects, including: domestic satellites, the fairness doctrine, public broadcasting, cable television, and violence on television. pt. 2: Considers the need for FCC regulation of the content of television programs. Focuses on the problem of violence on television programs and its detrimental effect on the public







Public Broadcasting Report


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Information Needs of Communities


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In 2009, a bipartisan Knight Commission found that while the broadband age is enabling an info. and commun. renaissance, local communities in particular are being unevenly served with critical info. about local issues. Soon after the Knight Commission delivered its findings, the FCC initiated a working group to identify crosscurrent and trend, and make recommendations on how the info. needs of communities can be met in a broadband world. This report by the FCC Working Group on the Info. Needs of Communities addresses the rapidly changing media landscape in a broadband age. Contents: Media Landscape; The Policy and Regulatory Landscape; Recommendations. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.







Federal Communications Commission Policy Matters and Television Programing


Book Description

Committee Serial No. 91-6. pt. 1: Considers general review of FCC activity on various subjects, including: domestic satellites, the fairness doctrine, public broadcasting, cable television, and violence on television. pt. 2: Considers the need for FCC regulation of the content of television programs. Focuses on the problem of violence on television programs and its detrimental effect on the public







Violent Television Programming and Its Impact on Children


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Television is an integral part of the lives of American families. By the time most children begin the first grade, they will have spent the equivalent of 3 school years in front of the TV set. The Fed. Communications Comm. (FCC) received a congressional request to undertake an inquiry on television violence. This report contains the FCC¿s examination of the problem. Contents: Introduction; The Effects of Viewing Violent Television Programming on Children; Law & Policy Addressing the Distribution of Violent Television Programming; Defining Violent or Excessively or Gratuitously Violent Programming; & Conclusions & Recommendations.







Model Rules of Professional Conduct


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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.