Essays Tagged: "Censorship"

Questions of Ethics in Computer Systems and their Future

st regulated public access system in history. What I believe the attempt hereis to regulate through censorship. Since it is almost impossible to censor the phone networkswithout actually eaves droppin ... around everything. To regulate the Internet to attemptto protect the public is just another form of censorship. The government would be riding a veryfine line behind this concept of protection and the ...

(19 pages) 473 0 3.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics

Andrea Dworkin, A Detrement to the Feminist Movement

rticles she has composed during her career as a writer and activist. Many of her articles deal with censorship and pornography. One claim is central to all of these, pornography is an act and not an i ... correlation between violence against women and pornography, any attempt to ban it must be viewed as censorship. What ever it is referred to, it still has the same effect.In many of Dworkin's writings, ...

(6 pages) 101 0 4.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Censorship

CENSORSHIPThe freedom to read is essential to the democratic way of life. Buttoday, that freedom is ... against the educational system, films, radio, television, and against the graphic and theater arts. Censorship occurs often in todays society, much of which is justifiable, but in some cases is simply ... d source of knowledge for these children, and should not be held back. So rather than applying full censorship, it should be made an age-related censorship. Many complaints were issued about the immat ...

(2 pages) 106 0 2.5 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Censorship

attack on this freedom comes from parental advisory stickers. These stickers are used as a form of censorship against an artist and his or her lyrics. I feel that if a label will produce an album, th ... itable.In order to begin the debate on whether or not parental advisory stickers serve as a form of censorship, one must consider what the word censor implies. The word censor defined by Webster dicti ...

(3 pages) 89 0 4.1 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Censorship

'Censorship' 'The song [Cop Killer] is fiction, not fact. At no point did I go out and say'Let ... National Review, July 20, 1992. Statements such as that has started an on going debate about censorship in thetelevision and music industry. What exactly is censorship? Some feel censorship is ... exactly is censorship? Some feel censorship is aviolation of the first amendment right. Others say censorship is a must in the violent,abusive world we call 'society'. Who has the right to censor? Wh ...

(3 pages) 111 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Internet and Internet Security

o thismany people is that a lot of it is called inappropriate for young people. Thegovernment wants censorship, but a small amount of the population does not.Legislative regulation of the Internet wou ...

(4 pages) 580 1 3.6 Mar/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Censorship

attack on this freedom comes from parental advisory stickers. These stickers are used as a form of censorship against an artist and his or her lyrics. I feel that if a label will produce an album, th ... In order to begin the debate on whether or not parental advisory stickers serve as a form of censorship, one must consider what the word censor implies. The word censor defined by Webster dicti ...

(3 pages) 143 2 4.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

CENSORSHIP...WHO GIVES A F**K

CENSORSHIP...Who gives a F**k!!!My life has been nothing but censorship since the time I was born. W ... tch the news. My parents felt it was 'real violence', and not appropriate for me, that was parental censorship. When I was old enough to go out with my friends I became confused when my parents said I ... gh. My mom said live with it, there is nothing you can do. I think thatMy life has been nothing but censorship since the time I was born. When I was very young and lived in Chicago there were all sort ...

(9 pages) 182 3 4.6 Apr/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Sex and Violence in the Electronic Media

th the cons of regulating the media.During research, the most pressing point found was the issue of censorship. Censorship is the keystone of the public's apparent outcry against the electronic media. ... is the keystone of the public's apparent outcry against the electronic media. To better understand censorship, the term must be defined. In Webster's New World Dictionary, censorship is defined 'as t ...

(11 pages) 313 0 3.0 Dec/1995

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

book burning and censorship in Ray Bradbury's futuristic fiction "Fahrenheit 451"

n Ray Bradbury's futuristic fiction Fahrenheit 451, we are facedwith the issues of book burning and censorship, also with the problems that the ignorance causedby these two things creates.The story is ...

(3 pages) 146 1 4.2 Jan/1995

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Censorship of the Internet

r 1996). Yahoo Search.Somerson, Paul. 'Web-lash.' PC Computing July 1995: pg. 51.Steffens, Bradley. Censorship. San Diego: Lucent Books, 1996Censorship of the InternetComputers and the Internet have b ... . As the Internet grows, the amount of X-rated material increases as well. Thegovernment feels that censorship of the Internet for everyone is the answer. Censorshipof the Internet would only limit re ...

(3 pages) 266 0 3.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Internet Regulation, Computer, Internet, Privacy

ible to this many people is that some of it is deemedinappropriate for minors. The government wants censorship,but a segment of the population does not. Legislativeregulation of the Internet would be ...

(5 pages) 522 2 3.8 Sep/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Save the Internet! Speaks of cencorship

te literature. Therefore, this has called for immediate action and the only solution up to today is censorship. The Internet must be censored to the utmost.Many people complain that censorship is the ... ear on-screen, each leading to a smut page. This type of easy accessibility have people calling for censorship (Kershaw).'Most popular images available were of hardcore scenes featuring such acts as p ...

(6 pages) 126 1 4.8 Apr/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Pornography on the Internet, Freedom of Press or Dangerous Influence?

all views on the subject. Pornography on the Internet has brought about difficulties pertaining to censorship. All of the arguments in this paper can be divided into one of two categories: those whos ... set up most global laws and regulations. Almost every article pertaining to the Internet freedom or censorship cites the U.S. and bases arguments on the First Amendment. With this precedent setting re ...

(8 pages) 296 0 4.3 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Internet Censorship

overnments have tried to regular materials deemed inappropriate oroffensive. The history of western censorship was said to have begun when Socrates wasaccused "firstly, of denying the gods recognized ... network which allows boundless possibilitiesand would be effected negatively by the regulations and censorship that some countries areintent on establishing. Laws that are meant for other types of com ...

(7 pages) 234 0 4.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

persuasive essay on Cenrorship of the Internet and the Tyrrany of Our Government

r views also deprives others of the right to listen to those views,' said Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr(Censorship and the U.S. Government 1). I completely agree with Mr. Holmes, and when the question of ... question of censoring the Internet arises, I cringe. Governing the Internet dominates many debates, censorship leading the fight. The Internet is the largest and most accessible form of mass media ava ...

(5 pages) 345 0 3.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Censorship and the First Amendment

The American Citizen's Right to Free SpeechAre we protected from censorship under the First Amendment? In other words do individuals or groups have the right or the ... e individuals attempting to challenge the right to free speech. There are various reasons given for censorship: in a classroom or library they may restrict or ban a book or other learning resource bec ... may judge it as a threat to national security. All though these examples are valid motivations for censorship, initiating these steps would unveil a censorship disaster. It is my view that this actio ...

(7 pages) 303 0 4.8 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

"Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

adbury's Fahrenheit 451 was an interesting Science fiction thriller that provided anodd view on the censorship of books. Not just some books, but all books. An entire distortedculture and civilization ... ks is that the books must be burned and in some cases the penalty may lead to death. In thistale of censorship and self discovery, Bradbury leads the reader through a short period in thelife of the pr ...

(3 pages) 156 1 4.7 Mar/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Censorship in Public Schools

of atextbook that deals with drugs and the sexual behavior of teenagers (Berger 61).These cases of censorship in public schools are not unusual and there is evidencethat such challenges are increasin ... r of the harmful effectsthat the books may have on young children' (Berger 59). The result of these censorshipattempts has been two opposing sides: one side believes that 'more suitable materials canu ...

(6 pages) 125 0 3.6 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

How free is too free? Speaks of government censorship, private-sector censorship, freedom of speech

terial. They believe that some material is too obscene for society to hear or see. The advocates of censorship get riled up because the movie rating council doesn't give a move an R-rating for having ... al with the problem. There are three possible solutions. The first is the possibility of government censorship, which would include laws and penalties for breaking these laws. The second solution is s ...

(4 pages) 247 0 4.0 Apr/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law