Muted voices in the legislative process: The role of scholarship in US Congressional efforts to protect children from internet pornography

New Media and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-137

  Blevins, Jeffrey Layne ^a   Anton, Fernando ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication policy; Internet pornography; Internet regulation; Office of Technology Assessment; Politics of policy making

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949111508     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444807085324     Document Type: Article

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