Looking to the Cable Age: Cable Must Have First Amendment Protection to Thrive.

Wheeler, Thomas E.

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ERIC Number: EJ252528

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1981-Jun

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Looking to the Cable Age: Cable Must Have First Amendment Protection to Thrive.

Wheeler, Thomas E.

Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, v7 n5 p22-25 Jun 1981

Discusses the implications of federal legislation and local government encroachment on cable systems, and advocates that cable television be given the editorial and journalistic discretion given to newspapers. (RBF)

Descriptors: Cable Television, Costs, Federal Regulation, Freedom of Speech, Local Government, Political Influences, Programing (Broadcast)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: First Amendment

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