English 111 October 27‚ 2013 Censorship Have you ever been listening to the radio and heard a “beeeeep” in some parts of the song you’re listening to? You know‚ the annoying sound that interrupts the song? The sound is a familiar one among those of us that listen to the radio‚ in particular Rap/hip-hop music stations. This noise is heard because it’s used to bleep out/censor the word that was previously there; the word was most likely ‘bad’ or offensive. Censorship is a growing concern for our
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All good television shows have to be intelligent and thought provoking. Grey’s Anatomy is a thought provoking television show. The episodes are based off of actual medical cases. The show also makes someone think about the controversial/ ethical decisions‚ such as cheating to get a patient at the top of the organ transplant list by cutting his LVAD wire so his condition would worsen. Another show that is thought provoking is Mythbusters. The show makes someone think about how/ why something
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The television show “Roots”‚ a miniseries airing in the late Seventies‚ provided gripping and emotional insight into the lives of a fictional family victimized by slavery. This controversial project attempted to depict some semblance of the horrific history of the American black community in a way that the primarily white population would willingly consume. Unfortunately‚ this depicted the African-American involuntary “immigration” experience as one that was terrible yet palatable‚ tying it up nicely
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from you. Your father and I miss you so much and hope you will return soon. I’ve been worried day-by-day hoping that no officers show up at the front door telling me something that I am peterfied to hear. The whole family prays for your safety everyday. I cannot stand you being out in that jungle fighting. Now I am even more scared because of this whole Tet Offensive. I’ve seen it on TV and it looks like the VC are putting up a strong fight‚ I mean I’m scared it seems like they may be making progress
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Reflective Journal #3 Elyse Phillips Cabrini College There are many shows on television these days that people would call culturally insensitive‚ such as the Jersey Shore‚ Tosh .0‚ Buckwild‚ 16 and Pregnant‚ the list could go on and on. But I think that one of the most culturally insensitive shows of all is South Park. It is a show that revolves around 4 4th graders in a small mountain town in Colorado. Most people in America have heard of South Park or watched it because it relates to current
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QUESTIONNAIRE Topic: Reality shows on Indian television We‚ the students are conducting survey on reality shows and would like to know your perception about reality shows. 1 Are you avid viewer of Reality show? o Yes o No o Can’t say 2. Which Reality show do you prefer to watch? o Big Boss o Master Chef o KBC o Comedy Circus o Others
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*ΔLyric: Originally a lyric signified a song sung to the accompaniment of a lyre. Thus lyric still carries the sense of a poem written to be set to music. A lyric is a common short poem uttered by a single speaker who is expressing his state of mind very often in solitude. In dramatic lyric the speaker is represented as addressing another person in a specific situation like the poem Canonization by John Donne. The genre comprehends a great variety of utterances from say the Dramatic Monologues of
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may be pornographic material on the Internet. Pornographic material is not the only material to be found on the net which can raise questions of censorship and control: discussion of racial‚ political‚ religious and sexual topics all run the risk of offending someone‚ somewhere‚ leading to demands for control of the Internet. The question of censorship may also be raised in some unexpected places: one newsgroup is the rec.humor list‚ which is a collection of jokes submitted to subscribers. There
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Censorship is the act or practice of suppressing the speech or public communication which is considered objectionable‚ harmful and sensitive‚ by a government‚ media outlet or other controlling bodies. This public content is censored for many reasons that the active bodies believe are immoral. Some reasons include: controlling obscenities‚ pornography‚ hate speeches‚ protecting young children‚ to promote or restrict political or religious views or even to protect the national security of a country
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Freedom of Speech vs. Censorship Adopted in 1791‚ the First Amendment‚ states “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” (Pilon) The freedom of speech documented in the First Amendment is not only a constitutional protection but also an inevitable part of democratic government and independence‚ which are essential values in society. “Censorship‚” according
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