Censorship
There’s a great controversy as to whether or not censorship is a necessity in order to maintain a particular moral standard. To understand why censorship has been acquired in music, we must first know what it exactly means. Censorship is counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy. For the dabblers, this is the act of censoring; examining books, film, music, etc., and suppressing unacceptable parts. An example of censoring would be “clean” or “non-explicit” versions of the original product. These versions have a reputation to provide 0-prfantity or sexual inappropriate actions. (Lombardi, 2009.) The “Parental Advisory” label is used wherever needed to warn listeners what they’re about to hear contains indecent content not suitable for younger listeners, or those who don’t approve of it. There’s a reason for everything, so why did censorship start? In 1927, The United States Congress enacted The Radio Act, to bring order to the chaos of radio broadcasting and basically a route for the government to control the content being broadcasted. Rules and regulations have changed, but the basis still remains; whatever is offensive will be blocked. (Censorship of Music, 2014.) My chosen book for the history of Censorship is The Hunger Games; a science fictional novel which introduces sixteen-year old Katniss Everdeen who lives in a post-apocalyptic world in the country of Panem where North America once stood, and now split into 12 districts. This is where a powerful government working in a central city called The Capitol holds power which is demonstrated by the yearly televised event called “The Hunger Games” involving 2 children from each district, and this year’s 74th annual games consists of Peeta Mallark and Katniss Everdeen from district twelve competing against 22 other tributes to the death. Due to Katniss