The V-Chip Debate: Content Filtering from Television to the Internet

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Acknowledgements vii
• Contents ix
• Introduction - The V-Chip and the Jurisprudence of Ratings xiii
• Notes xxiii
• Part One - Adopting the V-Chip System: Canada and the U.S. *
• Chapter One - In Search of Reasonable Solutions: the Canadian Experience with Television Ratings and the V-Chip 1
• Notes 22
• Chapter Two - Developing Television Ratings in Canada and the United States: the Perils and Promises of Self-Regulation 23
• References 42
• Chapter Three - Three Questions about Television Ratings 47
• Notes 56
• Chapter Four - Media Filters and the V-Chip 59
• Notes 84
• Part Two - Other Perspectives, Other Media 89
• Chapter Five - The V-Chip and Television Ratings: British and European Perspectives 91
• Notes 98
• Chapter Six - Media Ratings Systems: a Comparative Review 99
• Notes 129
• Chapter Seven - Who Will Rate the Ratings? 133
• Notes 151
• References 154
• Chapter Eight - Media Content Labeling Systems: Informational Advisories or Judgmental Restrictions? 157
• Notes 175
• References 176
• Chapter Nine - An Alternative to Government Regulation and Censorship: Content Advisory Systems for Interactive Media 179
• References 194
• Acknowledgment 194
• Chapter Ten - Motion Picture Ratings in the United States 195
• Notes 202
• Part Three - The Internet Debate 205
• Chapter Eleven - Yelling "Filter" on the Crowded Net: the Implications of User Control Technologies 207
• Chapter Twelve - Rating the Net 221
• Notes 234
• Part Four - Appendix 245
• Appendix A - Canada 247
• Appendix B - The United States 259
• Notes 271
• Notes 273
• Notes 280
• Appendix C - Europe 305
• Notes 318
• Notes 321
• Bibliography 323
• Contributors 337
• Author Index 341
• Subject Index 345

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