Children and Television: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection, and Finance of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, First Session, March 16, 1983 |
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Page 97 - ... (1) The facts relied on relate to events which have occurred or circumstances which have changed since the last opportunity to present such matters; (2) The facts relied on were unknown to petitioner until after his last opportunity to present such matters, and he could not through the exercise of ordinary diligence have learned of the facts In question prior to such opportunity; or ( 3 ) The Commission or the designated authority determines that consideration of the facts relied on is required...
Page 72 - Once you've been exposed to a variety ol people within a group. it's hard to continue saying, "They're all alike." — Yanna Kroyt Brandt, executive producer, "Vegetable Soup" When television is good, it can be very, very good, encouraging racial equality, presenting women in leadership roles, showing gays, the elderly, and handicapped people as valuable members of society. The Public Broadcasting Service has consistently led the way in fostering positive role models for children. While programming...
Page 205 - After 10 more years of research, the consensus among most of the research community is that violence on television does lead to aggressive behavior by children and teenagers who watch the programs.
Page 82 - Association • National Association for the Education of Young Children • National Association of Elementary School Principals • National Council of Teachers of English Single copies of this statement available free with a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Page 104 - Commission; (2) The facts relied on were unknown to petitioner until after his last opportunity to present them to the Commission, and he could not through the exercise of ordinary diligence have learned of the facts in question prior to such opportunity; or (3) The Commission determines that consideration of the facts relied on is required in the public interest.
Page 103 - A petition for reconsideration which relies on facts not previously presented to the Commission or to the designated authority...
Page 64 - ... comedies and dramas has actually declined over the last decade. ... In 1981 it was reported in a study dealing with commercial television specifically aimed at children that out of a total of 1 145 characters in the programs studied only 22% were female . . .; only 3.7% of all characters were black . . .; of all characters with speaking parts, 57.5% were white and 33.8% were animals, robots or other non-humans.
Page 177 - The Public Telecommunications Facilities program administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration...
Page 168 - Broadcasters haven't been paying enough attention to the needs of children.. .the sad shape children's television is in today serves to remind me that, although reliance on market forces is normally preferable to regulation, blind, unthinking, or rhetorical reliance on the marketplace is an abdication of our duty to the public under the Communications Act.