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The Video Nasties: Freedom and Censorship in the Media

Martin Barker

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Description:Are video nasties really nasty? Should they be banned? Why did Parliament rush - almost without opposition - to accept an extraordinary degree of state censorship in the media?This book presents a reasoned argument about the issues at stake. The contributors share a common concern at the implications of what they see as a wide-ranging attack on civil liberties. They look dispassionately at the nature of the videos in question: at the scientific research into their effects; at how the campaign against them was organised and orchestrated; at the history of such moral panics; and at the wider implications for artistic freedom and civil liberties in Britain.Contributors include Martin Barker, Nigel Andrews, Graham Murdoch, Geoffrey Pearson, Marco Starr and Brian Brown.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Video Nasties: Freedom and Censorship in the Media. To get started finding The Video Nasties: Freedom and Censorship in the Media, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Pluto Press

Release: 1984

ISBN: 0861046676

Description: Are video nasties really nasty? Should they be banned? Why did Parliament rush - almost without opposition - to accept an extraordinary degree of state censorship in the media?This book presents a reasoned argument about the issues at stake. The contributors share a common concern at the implications of what they see as a wide-ranging attack on civil liberties. They look dispassionately at the nature of the videos in question: at the scientific research into their effects; at how the campaign against them was organised and orchestrated; at the history of such moral panics; and at the wider implications for artistic freedom and civil liberties in Britain.Contributors include Martin Barker, Nigel Andrews, Graham Murdoch, Geoffrey Pearson, Marco Starr and Brian Brown.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Video Nasties: Freedom and Censorship in the Media. To get started finding The Video Nasties: Freedom and Censorship in the Media, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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