# Captive audience

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**Captive audience** may refer to:

## Law

- [Captive audience meeting](/source/Captive_audience_meeting), a mandatory meeting used by employers to oppose unionization
- A legal concept in: - *[Rowan v. United States Post Office Department](/source/Rowan_v._United_States_Post_Office_Department)*, 1970, in which the United States Supreme Court created a quasi-exception to free speech in cases in which a person is held as a "captive audience" - *[Lehman v. Shaker Heights](/source/Lehman_v._Shaker_Heights)*, 1974, in which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a city's ban on political advertising within its public transportation system - *[Packer Corporation v. Utah](/source/Packer_Corporation_v._Utah)*, 1932, about a conflict between First Amendment rights with the public's right of privacy, advancing a theory of the "captive audience"

## Arts and entertainment

### Television

- "Captive Audience", [an episode of *Alfred Hitchcock Presents*](/source/List_of_Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents_episodes), 1962
- "Captive Audience", [an episode of *Pacific Blues*](/source/List_of_Pacific_Blue_episodes), 1996
- "Captive Audience", [an episode of *Red vs. Blue*](/source/List_of_Red_vs._Blue_episodes), 2011
- "Captive Audience", a 2011 episode of web TV anthology *[Suite 7](/source/Suite_7)*
- "That's My Dad / The Captain's Bird / Captive Audience", [an episode of *The Love Boat*](/source/List_of_The_Love_Boat_episodes), 1980
- *[Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story](/source/Captive_Audience:_A_Real_American_Horror_Story)*, a 2022 three-part [docuseries](/source/Docuseries) about the kidnapping of [Steven Stayner](/source/Steven_Stayner)

### Literature

- *[Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age](/source/Captive_Audience:_The_Telecom_Industry_and_Monopoly_Power_in_the_New_Gilded_Age)*, a 2013 non-fiction book by Susan P. Crawford
- *Captive Audience*, a 1988 book of poetry by [Bob Perelman](/source/Bob_Perelman)
- *Captive Audience*, a 1996 book of poetry by [Paul Henry](/source/Paul_Henry_(poet))
- *Captive Audience*, a 1975 novel by [Jessica Mann](/source/Jessica_Mann)
- "Captive Audience", a 1959 short story in *[The Bird of Time](/source/The_Bird_of_Time)* by Wallace West
- "Captive Audience", a 2002 short story by [Frances Hardinge](/source/Frances_Hardinge)
- *Captive Audience*, a 1979 play by Desmond Forristal

### Music

- "Captive Audience", a song by Say Anything from the 2019 album *[Oliver Appropriate](/source/Oliver_Appropriate)*

### Visual arts

- *Captive Audience*, a 2019 work by artist [Najee Dorsey](/source/Najee_Dorsey)
- *Captive Audience*, a 2001 work by sculptor [David Reekie](/source/David_Reekie)
- *Auditoire captivé* ('A captive audience'), an 1877 painting by [Frédéric Samuel Cordey](/source/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Samuel_Cordey)

## See also

- [Captive market](/source/Captive_market)

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