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…
This book examines early television censorship, centered around the papers of Stockton Helffrich, the first manager of the censorship department at NBC. Helffrich'}s reports illustrate how early censorship of advertising, language, and depictions of sex, violence, and race shape…
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 …