Advantages of New Media
As the number of Internet users continues to grow, do you think that the Internet will change the way that we read and think about the news? As more and more people, especially young people, turn to the Internet for news about world and local events, we find that newspapers, television, and radio news have been losing their audience or even going out of business. Some people are concerned about this shift because newspapers provide important in-depth coverage of events, while some Internet news sites only report opinions or repeat what is already in the newspapers. However, the new media offer so many advantages over the traditional media that they could easily become better sources of news than any we have ever had.
One of the very first incidents of censorship in movies took place in Hollywood in the year 1934, when a nude scene was snipped off from the film 'Tarzan and His Mate', as it violated the moral code back then. Even today films follow the modern MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) code for censorship. During the 1950s, Elvis Presley appeared in one of the famous TV programs only to be shot by the camera till his torso; as his world-famous pelvic movements were deemed vulgar. Again during the 1950s, the Scientific American magazine published an article on thermonuclear fusion which was censored by the United States Atomic Energy Commission. The printed copies of the magazine were found and burnt as it contained classified information. During both World War I and World War II strict military censorship was laid on the freedom of press. A similar kind of censorship was also laid in India during the State of Emergency period in the 1980s. With the introduction of television and Internet, many important developments have taken place in the field of censorship around the world. A number of countries like Syria, Australia, Cuba, UAE, Yemen, Pakistan and Burma have censored the Internet. China has imposed stringent censorship regulations. A military
One of the very first incidents of censorship in movies took place in Hollywood in the year 1934, when a nude scene was snipped off from the film 'Tarzan and His Mate', as it violated the moral code back then. Even today films follow the modern MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) code for censorship. During the 1950s, Elvis Presley appeared in one of the famous TV programs only to be shot by the camera till his torso; as his world-famous pelvic movements were deemed vulgar. Again during the 1950s, the Scientific American magazine published an article on thermonuclear fusion which was censored by the United States Atomic Energy Commission. The printed copies of the magazine were found and burnt as it contained classified information. During both World War I and World War II strict military censorship was laid on the freedom of press. A similar kind of censorship was also laid in India during the State of Emergency period in the 1980s. With the introduction of television and Internet, many important developments have taken place in the field of censorship around the world. A number of countries like Syria, Australia, Cuba, UAE, Yemen, Pakistan and Burma have censored the Internet. China has imposed stringent censorship regulations. A military