...Paul Lee Professor Askren English 100 March 7, 2012 Censorship Suppression of information and ideas by anyone, whether it be government officials, writers, or artists, censorship is what blankets the world from seeing what the truth really is. Media and ads in various forms are forced to be careful what they air to the public. With the growth of technology and the expansion of resources available via the Internet: Email, World Wide Web, and Video-Chatting, the amount of censorship throughout the world has increased drastically over the years. Every nation on Earth has a certain form of censorship that ranges from the extreme to the not so extreme. The United States and most European nation’s censorship level is the least compared to that of other countries. Nations where foundations are shaky and don’t have a strong central government is where censorship really takes it tolls. Countries like DPRK (North Korea), Pakistan, Burma, Syria, Cuba, Iran, and China must abide by what the dictator wants the people to see and not, by the use of extreme bias. Along with the international community and its government using censorship, the decision of censoring something can also be made by an individual aside from the government. Individuals that might be biased with is or her own thoughts. Censorship decisions might be illogical, unfair, unconstitutional, or in some cases just immoral. People tend to want to censor everything that they personally don’t tend to agree with. Corporations...
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...Censorship, a Problem Solver Practicing censorship is the safest way to let kids do what they want to do. Censorship filters horrible things on the television, internet browsers, phones, social media, and etc. In the book Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury shows how censorship can be effective to a society. In Fahrenheit 451 Montag turns his back on his society and follows what he thinks is right. Our nation needs censorship. Censorship helps end racism, prevents military corruption, and protects kids. Racism is a worldwide issue that someone needs to put an end to. “This is great literature.But there (are so many) racial slurs in there and offensive wording that you can’t get past that,” the parent,said. The quote is a parent complaining about how the books To Kill a...
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...Fahrenheit 451: A Story of Severe Censorship Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, describes a futuristic world which embraces extreme censorship. The story envelopes around Guy Montag, a fireman, who ends up learning more than what he’s supposed to. He is caught for having a book in a society in which firemen burn books. Montag, having no other option, ends up a fugitive on the run. He meets a man named Faber, who helps him avoid the law. Fahrenheit 451 shows the danger of censorship or lack of, but reveals how freedom of the press is important and necessary to resist such danger. There can be great danger in too much censorship. This idea can be found in government, especially, as well as through newscasts. People try to censor ideas that...
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... Rushdie & Rauch v. Storck: Censorship! Salman Rushdie is one of the many opponents of censorship. Born to an Indian family in Britian, his books contain magical realism, historical fiction, and Eastern-Western connections. His works are often controversial, and in 1989 Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for his death. Rushdie tells us that we are living in a censorious age where our voices are being censored in the name of “respect”. This need for “respect” extends beyond its traditional definition, and also means that one must not overtly disagree with what others say or think. Rushdie thinks this censorship will bring an end to the radical disagreements that shape a free society. ! ! Jonathan Rauch is an American journalist who is also an avid proponent of same-sex marriage. He agrees with Rushdie that censorship should be fought because it is being used to censor simple disagreements; not only people are losing face over voicing negative views about blacks, but also for speaking against advantaged groups such as Christians and men. Rauch argues that censorship’s goal of purifying the world is a futile effort. People typically see the world in terms of in-groups and out-groups, so there will always be prejudice. This prejudice is hard to pin down because it may be confused with misinformation. For example, a protestor saying “God Hates Fags” may be expressing a subjective statement of fact. Therefore, the end goal of censorship is unobtainable. Rauch calls this...
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...Censorship: What’s the fuss? When should censorship in art be put in place, and should it be put in place? Allowing art such as that of a very provocative taste will definitely cause a lot of noise. Noise like the standards needing to be invoked that deal with images of naked children in their works, as any work with naked person is pornography. For methods of censoring, would it be fair to retract any monetary gain if the art is “inappropriate” or “lewd,” or should the work be banned? Should Congress be able to step in and have a say in the censorship, or is messing around in federally funded art overstepping their boundaries? In the education field too, they have to try to make a decision to censor or allow provocative works of art. The...
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...Google’s managers used the utilitarian philosophy, which is weighing good versus bad. Utilitarianism is committed to the maximization of good and the minimization of bad. Utilitarianism weighs carefully the social benefits and cost of a business action and to purse only the actions where the benefits outweigh the cost. Google’s managers evidently saw good margin for profit and it outweighed all other issues that may arise. According to the case study on page 154 China is a huge internet market with over 100 million users and still growing. Google decided to use self censorship into order to get into China. Google had to follow Chinese regulations that block some political sensitive topics. Google agreed to do this because of the profit potential, which seems to be an example of the Friedman doctrine which says that the only social responsibility of a company is to increase profits as long as the company stays within the rules of law. All of this does however go against googles mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally acceptable and useful. 2. Do you think Google should have entered China and engaged in self-censorship, given the company’s long-standing mantra “don’t be evil”? Is it better to engage in self-censorship than have the government censor for you? Personally, I don’t think google should have entered China, because to do so they had to engage in self-censorship which compromised the mission that good has made millions on. This is the same...
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...Bradbury ties personal freedom to the right of an individual having the freedom of expression when he utilizes the issue of censorship in Fahrenheit 451. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution reads: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for redress of grievances. The common reading of the First Amendment is that commitment to free speech is not the acceptance of only non-controversial expressions that enjoy general approval. To accept a commitment to the First Amendment means, in the words of Justice Holmes, "freedom for what we hate." As quoted in Students' Right to Read (NCTE, 1982), "Censorship leaves students with an inadequate and distorted picture of the ideals, values, and problems of their culture. Writers may often be the spokesmen of their culture, or they may stand to the side, attempting to describe and evaluate that culture. Yet, partly because of censorship or the fear of censorship, many writers are ignored or inadequately represented in the public schools, and many are represented in anthologies not by their best work but by their safest or least offensive work." What are the issues involved in censorship? Imagine that a group wants to ban Fahrenheit 451 because Montag defies authority. For the sake of the argument, assume for a moment that...
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...Google’s managers used the utilitarian philosophy, which is weighing good versus bad. Utilitarianism is committed to the maximization of good and the minimization of bad. Utilitarianism weighs carefully the social benefits and cost of a business action and to purse only the actions where the benefits outweigh the cost. Google’s managers evidently saw good margin for profit and it outweighed all other issues that may arise. According to the case study on page 154 China is a huge internet market with over 100 million users and still growing. Google decided to use self censorship into order to get into China. Google had to follow Chinese regulations that block some political sensitive topics. Google agreed to do this because of the profit potential, which seems to be an example of the Friedman doctrine which says that the only social responsibility of a company is to increase profits as long as the company stays within the rules of law. All of this does however go against googles mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally acceptable and useful. 2. Do you think Google should have entered China and engaged in self-censorship, given the company’s long-standing mantra “don’t be evil”? Is it better to engage in self-censorship than have the government censor for you? Personally, I don’t think google should have entered China, because to do so they had to engage in self-censorship which compromised the mission that good has made millions on. This is the same...
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...Anisa Ellis-Smith Ms. Rochman English 12 January 2, 2013 Forever: An Overly Sexual Abomination or Coming of Age Novel? The first amendment of the Constitution has given every American citizen the right practice freedom of speech. Yet and still, it seems that literary censorship, which is “the act of changing or suppressing speech or writing that is considered subversive of the common good,” (Merriam-Webster, 2012) has been more prevalent in the past 100 years than ever before. People all around the country have been affected by the parameters of censorship. Author Judy Blume once said when asked her opinion about it the topic, “It’s not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.” (NMSU Library, n.d.). Blume, herself, is no stranger to censorship. Several of her writings have made ALA’s list of 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books. Her 1975 novel Forever was both challenged and banned in over 10 different states because of its descriptively sexual content, disobedience to parents, “lack of moral tone,” and use of profanity (Censorship & Judy Blume, n.d.). Forever is the story of two high school seniors, Katherine and Michael, and their journey throughout their relationship. The teens meet at a party and fall in love from there. Eventually, Katherine loses her virginity to Michael and they promise each...
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...When you think about literacy you generally think of sharing your ideas and opinions with others, but how is this a bad thing you say? Well to us the average citizen it's not. literacy helps us human beings to become closer and to improve off of others ideas and thoughts. Sharing these ideas and thoughts come in many different ways, such as body language, pictures, symbols and so on. Literacy may be more powerful than you think. “Thinking” can sometimes cause controversy, to someone with a strong political grasp on the community or state may think of this as a threat. If the person in power is enforcing very moronic laws, The people might start to spread controversial statements and thoughts on the person in power. Due to these controversial statements, the person in power has to develop ways of deterring...
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...ENGLISH ESSAY WRITING UU114 Evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of censorship in the society. Merewalesi Liwaiono S11096060 Tuesday & Thursday group 20 Alice Rore 30th August 2013 Plan Title: Evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of censorship in the society. C- Censorship L- Benefits, Drawbacks, society D- Evaluate Type: Discussion Essay Intro: Context- Policies Subject- Censorship Limitation subject- Benefits and Disadvantages of Censorship…/. Issue: What are the pros and cons of censorship for the society? Thesis: This essay will discuss the pros and cons of censorship for a society. Body: Disadvantages Disadvantage one: Resists questioning of conventional idea and it is costly. Detail: Convectional ideas are not questioned such as healthy oppositions based on sound valid premises and it is costly as it takes a lot of time and resources to implement the censorship activity in place. e.g.: when people compare the old times with the current era they find a lot of changes and have resources as to why it is happening thus do not question its existence. Disadvantage two: works against human rights Detail: teachers being banned to punish students. e.g.: empowering student, Lack of respect, As a result, exam result a bad….. Disadvantage three: Freedom of speech is compromised. Detail: Limitation on freedom of speech. When people put limits on what is not okay to express it. This sets up a slight slope where...
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...Censorship is a big deal in modern society. Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication or other information which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, politically incorrect or inconvenient as determined by governments, media outlets, authorities or other groups or institutions. There is many different types of censorship. There is Media Censorship, and there is censorship in books. There is also censorship in school, with filters and limits of what websites you are allowed to be on. In The United States the first amendment states that every American has a right to the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press. In elementary school, censorship is only really common in the school library. Many books can...
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...Internet Censorship Name Institution Date Internet Censorship The number of internet users continues to increase daily and many of these users are young children. There are growing concerns regarding child censorship because the number of children accessing inappropriate adult sites is increasing. There is an urgent need to protect children online and ensure that they cannot access such sites, as well as protecting them from internet predators such as cyber bullies and paedophiles.One disturbing occurrence is that many children can now log into the internet from the privacy of their homes and gain access to all these sites. The internet has no regulations and is not governed by any body (Zuchora-Walske, 2010).Therefore that means that there are no checks as to the users of the internet, and this offers a risky proposition. Many people use the internet for retrieving beneficial information, but a large number also use the internet for things, which are detrimental and are inappropriate to the common population. Therefore, though child internet use is commendable, it should be carefully monitored to protect children from harmful elements. Children are often curious and are eager to discover new things on the internet, there is no limit to what children can discover, and this is dangerous. Censorship of the internet is therefore important because it ensures that there is safety as children navigate the internet. With censorship, children are able to access the internet without parental...
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...Abu-Ali Mr. Creal World Literature 10 Block: A February 18, 2016 Censorship’s impact on society According to Merriam Webster dictionary, censorship is what helps “remove things that are considered to be offensive, immoral, harmful to society, etc.” (Merriam-Webster). Censorship was used to prevent harmful information or data to be in the public eye. It is what was used as a necessary source to avoid damaging details about certain things to get out. It is to restrict information from people. Like for example, in WWI, the soldiers’ letters were being censored in order to protect them from any harm that could be done to the by their enemies. They weren’t allowed to send any information of theirs in their letters, as it was a risk that...
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...privately. In recent years, its nature has been changed. The government can censors every citizens resources of information as well as communication such as the websites accessed, email content and social networking tools by blocking netizens from accessing specific websites and filtering the sensitive wording. According to R.K., V.D., K.C. (2013, p.2), there are two types of censorship which are technical censorship and non-technical censorship. Technical censorship as the name suggests, the utilization of technical system such as different kind of filters and redirection are applied to users software and code to scout and censor the path of internet services of the user, it has no legal base to support but the authority and government are likely use. While non-technical censorship is usually used coordinate with technical censorship, it bases on legal power to restrict and suppress the radical rhetoric through threaten people with cash fines, indictment, and even imprisonment. In the following content, I would like to focus on the part of technical censorship. To a certain extent, internet censorship have definitely restrict the internet freedom of searching services. The...
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