Television Sex and Violence Boycott Day, 1991
- Artist/Author/Producer: Television Networks
- Confronting Bodies: Vicki Riley and supporting organizations
- Dates of action: 1990-1991
- Location: Wilmington, Delaware
- Description of the Art Work
- Sex and violence occurring on television.
- Description of incident
- Vicki Riley, a house wife and mother, who heads Concerned Citizens for
Quality Television, first came up with the "Turn Off The Television Day"
for the state of Delaware in August, 1990, with five thousand
participants. The boycotts are meant to protest violence and sex on
television. The October, 1991 "Turn Off Day" was nation-wide, involving
organizations such as New York-based Morality in Media, the
Michigan-based Americans for Responsible Television, the Georgia-based
Christian Film and Television Commission, the Illinois-based National
Coalition Against Television Violence, the Washington-based National
Christian Assn. and the Mississippi-based American Family Assn.
- Results of incident
- "Basically we do not believe there will be any effect," said Peter
Christanthopolous, president of the Network Television Assn., which
represents all three major networks.
Source: Los Angeles Times, 10/25/91
