Jeremy Yorwarth ENL 111 5.3 December 9‚ 2000 Censorship of the Internet "We should demand that all public schools and libraries install and configure Internet Filters." This statement shows how Jeffery Pollock‚ a candidate for the 3rd Congressional District seat in Oregon‚ views the Internet. Unfortunately for him‚ the one thing that he ranted and raved about was the one thing that gave him an unfair disadvantage in the in the upcoming elections. (Blind Ballots) Cyber Patrol‚ One of the
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Internet censorship (Is it possible to keep children safe from potential internet dangers?) by: Eko Setiyo Utomo The Internet has become a part of modern life style for most people. In developed countries‚ most people use the internet at home. Children can access the internet for everything‚ from playing games‚ to doing schoolwork‚ to chatting with friends via e-mail‚ to surfing the web. Most online services provide children with a vast range of resources such as encyclopedias‚ current events
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Television becomes one of the most influential innovations of the 20th century. It totally changes our style of life. Television has good and bad influence on people. Some people think that we must allow kids to watch tv whenever they want other think contrary to them. I strongly believe that tv have harmful effect on kids. Below i would like to illustrate several reasons and examples to support my point of view. First and foremost i would like to mention that tv become brutal today. Children at
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Censorship and the Media The media provide our access to news and information. The citizens of a nation need to stay informed and thus come to trust the media that brings the news and information they desire without fear that it is a lie‚ an agency of an evil foreign power or in any other way not the closest to the truth possible. Censoring the media is tantamount to mind control of the citizenry. This issue is everyone ’s problem. Thailand is in many ways a free country. However‚ a nation
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Indiana Bill Would Allow Schools To Punish Students For Off-Campus Behavior‚ Online Speech Student Free Speech First Posted: 02/16/2012 2:59 pm Updated: 02/16/2012 2:59 pm A bill that would allow schools to punish students for off-campus activities -- even while at the mall on weekends -- reached Indiana’s state Senate Committee on Education and Career Development Wednesday. The bill passed the state House Jan. 30. House Bill 1169‚ the Restoring School Discipline Act‚ would permit schools to
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over the country’s 358 television stations and 2‚119 newspapers — the primary media available to more than one billion Chinese citizens. In the People’s Republic of China‚ there are no Chinese-language news media that are both widely accessible and independent of the government. While available to more than 100 million users‚ the Internet is closely monitored by the state; access to politically threatening Internet sites and web logs is blocked; uncensored satellite television is not legally available
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Censorship is considered as objectionable‚ damaging and delicate. It is the act or practice to censor inappropriate things in communication speeches or anything that should not be showed in public. We do censorship to hide things that we do not want to show it to kids or it seems to contain too much adultery. Although parents try to hide censored things from their children‚ but they could still see it anywhere‚ any place that people would do it. Censorship can control the morality but might not be
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Children Censorship In their article An Exploratory Study of Children’s Views of Censorship‚ Isajlovic and McKechnie present the idea that instead of adults making decisions about censorship‚ children should have their voice heard on the matter. A study was performed with a focus group of six children ranging in age from nine to twelve‚ differing in home life and backgrounds. The group was then asked how they felt about censorship‚ whether they thought that certain books in the library should be
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Offensive Behavior in Groups: Challenges and Opportunities Julianne Wayne Alex Gitterman ABSTRACT. This paper discusses offensive behaviors that often occur in groups. The sources and meanings of such behavior both to the individual and the group are explored. Principles are presented to help workers decide when to respond to the more serious underlying personal and group issues these behaviors may express‚ and when to confront them directly. The authors also examine the reasons why it is
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Censorship of Literature on Students “The child who is taught nothing of his or her country’s cultural‚ political‚ and intellectual heritage must be pitied as much as the child who is compelled to conform on all respects to conventional wisdom” (Riechman 5). Throughout the centuries‚ literature has been censored because it has been accused of being inappropriate or promoting religious or racial ideals. Parents‚ school districts‚ and school board members believe that these subjects shouldn’t be taught
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