Mark Silk is director for the Leonard Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Silk is also professor of religion in public life at Trinity. He is particularly knowledgeable about religious variances from one part of the country to another; his books include (as co-author) One Nation, Divisible: […]

Read about an Associated Press poll posted Feb. 21, 2004, on the CBS News web site that gauged Americans’ reaction to Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction. The poll found that 54 percent of Americans found the incident to be in bad taste but not illegal.

Read a 2004 poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation that looks at how parents feel about media content and ratings systems.

Read a Feb. 5, 2004, article that talks about how shock is used as a marketing tool.

Read a Sept. 23, 2004, New York Times article on the fines the FCC issued against CBS.

Read a Nov. 15, 2004, Christian Science Monitor article on how past elections have influenced the culture wars.

Read a Dec. 4, 2004, ABC News article that asked whether the FCC’s crackdown on TV standards was a result of the views of the majority of Americans or just a vocal minority.

Michael B. Keegan is president of People for the American Way, which fights against censorship.

The National Coalition Against Censorship fights censorship in many places, including television. Joan Bertin is executive director.