Dirty Discourse
Автор: Michael Keith C.
Год издания: 0000
Changes in American society, the pluralistic nature of its citizens, and its geographic preclude a common definition of what is indecent, profane, or obscene. What may appear to be “dirty discourse” to some may be considered to be laudable satire to others. Renowned media scholars and authors Robert Hilliard and Michael Keith examine the blue side of the airways in Dirty Discourse: Sex and Indecency in Broadcasting. This first-ever analysis of the history and nature of off-color program content explores the treatment of once-forbidden topics in the electronic media, investigating the beliefs, attitudes and actions of those who present such material, those who condemn it, and those who defend it. Written from a social and cultural perspective, Dirty Discourse concentrates on the means of greatest distribution – radio, with its phenomenal growth of 'shock jocks' and rap music lyrics, and provides coverage of television and the Internet. The book shows how and why broadcasting has evolved from the ribald antics of the Roaring 20's to today’s streaming cybersex, contrasting the standards and actions of the FCC v. the First Amendment amidst the over-the-air and in-the-court battles of over-the-top radio. It examines political pressures and legal considerations, including Supreme Court decisions, and efforts to protect children from media smut.
A discourse concerning the being and attributes of God
Автор: Samuel Clarke
Год издания:
Полный вариант заголовка: «A discourse concerning the being and attributes of God, the obligations of natural religion, and the truth and certainty of the christian revelation : in answer to Mr. Hobbs, Spinoza, the author of the Oracles of reason, and other deniers of natural and revealed religion : being 16 sermons, preach'd in the Cathedral-Church of St. Paul, in the years 1704, and 1705, at the lecture founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle : in which is inserted a discourse concerning the connexion of the Prophecies in the Old Testament, and the application of them to Christ : there is alfo, an answer to a 7th letter, concerning, the argument a priori, in proof of the being of God / by Samuel Clarke».
Discourses on a sober and temperate life
Автор: Lewis Cornaro
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Примечание: 145 стр. – конец текста на англ.; далее – текст на ит. Полный вариант заголовка: «Discourses on a sober and temperate life / by Lewis Cornaro, a noble Venetian ; translated from the Italian original».