Research Catalog

Title

Youth, pornography and the Internet / Dick Thornburgh and Herbert S. Lin, editors ; Committee to Study Tools and Strategies for Protecting Kids from Pornography and Their Applicability to Other Inappropriate Internet Content, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2002.

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Additional Authors

• Thornburgh, Dick
• Lin, Herbert.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Computer Science and Telecommunications Board.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Study Tools and Strategies for Protecting Kids from Pornography and Their Applicability to Other Inappropriate Internet Content.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Computer Science and Technology Board.

Description

xxviii, 450 p.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Internet and teenagers
• Internet and children
• Internet > Security measures
• Internet pornography
• Parenting

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Available also online.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Technology -- The adult online entertainment industry -- Legal and regulatory issues -- Children, media, and exposure to sexually explicit material -- The research base on the impact of exposure to sexually explicit material : what theory and empirical studies offer -- Beyond the science : perspectives on impact and the public debate -- Approaches to protection from inappropriate material -- Legal and regulatory tools -- Social and educational strategies to develop personal and community responsibility -- A perspective on technology-based tools -- Technology-based tools for users --Technology-based tools available to non-end users -- Findings, conclusions, and future needs.

ISBN

0309082749

LCCN

^^2002110219

OCLC

• 50075005
• SCSB-10452338

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library