Art Censorship in China: The Unknown Third Side 15/04/2013 English Composition Fatima Al-Mousawi Art Censorship in China: A Western Issue & the Chinese Opinion “Free societies... are societies in motion… Free people strike sparks‚ and those sparks are the best evidence of freedom ’s existence”. So are the words of Salman Rushdie on the topic of freedom of speech and its censorship (Rushdie). Those words bring attention to many of today’s societies that disallow these sparks in many of
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April 30‚ 2011 Media Censorship in the United States Censorship has existed for longer than we could ever imagine. One of the first acts of state sponsored censorship occurred in 399 B.C. when Socrates‚ was executed for the “supposed common good of the people” (Guarding Public Morality‚ 2010‚ p.1). Socrates was a teacher and a philosopher in ancient Greece. His teaching methods were controversial for the time‚ and he was charged with corrupting the youth and drawing them away from the Greek
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Art Censorship What is censorship? Many have asked this question and it seems to be a controlled idea or form of sorts of information within a society. Censorship has been a staple of many countries throughout history‚ especially United States. Through the inspection of art‚ books‚ films‚ radio‚ music and television programs and news reports for the purpose of suppressing or altering ideas found to be offensive or objectionable that is how censorship is controlled. Normally‚ art is just viewed as
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tabloids all serve for the same function: to inform. However‚ the information being provided cannot always be everything that there is to know. Due to the censorship that occurs within news media‚ it is quite impossible to possess all of the straight facts of a particular social situation. The US government is held responsible for much of this censorship. Their fears generally concern upsetting the public and their own humiliation. The US government must set aside these fears and ultimately expose the
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2nd period 27 January 2008 Video Game Censorship From the blurred images on TV to the beeped out words on the radio‚ censorship can be seen everywhere. It can be defined as the act or practice of suppressing material deemed objectionable on moral‚ political‚ military‚ or other grounds. Censorship has been around for decades and has been done by various groups‚ such as the government‚ religious groups‚ corporations‚ or the mass media. Censorship is also seen in every country and each of them
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viewing audience. Censorship is defined as "Policy of restricting the public expression of ideas‚ opinions‚ conceptions‚ and impulses‚ which are believed to have the capacity to undermine the governing authority or the social and moral order which authority considers itself bound to protect" (Abraham 357). Political‚ religious‚ obscenity‚ and censorship affecting academic freedom are all equal in their destructiveness towards free speech. "There are two different forms that censorship takes; prior‚ which
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“The censorship frame consists of mass media reports that proclaim the cultural association between music and collectively shared and culturally agreed upon perceptions of deviance” (Culture‚ Rap Music‚ ‘Bitch‚" and the Development of the Censorship Frame 1). Arts and Humanities have been regulated by government through entities such as education systems‚ broadcasting stations and social domains to instill media into the minds of the people. Music is subjected to critic based on language and conceptualization
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controversy over whether there should or shouldn’t be censorship of the media. Censorship should not be imposed on citizens by the government or other agencies; adults have a right to view or listen to what they choose. Additionally‚ if children’s media is censored‚ parents are the ones who should monitor and regulate it. Parents should be the ones to monitor children’s viewing of television and also what they hear on the radio‚ CD’s‚ and tapes. Censorship includes the examination and blocking of books
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Censorship in America Since this country was founded‚ we have had a set of unalienable rights that our constitution guarantees us to as Americans. One of the most important rights that is mentioned in our constitution is the right to free speech. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the government for
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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 to the general public; foreign radio broadcasts are scrambled; and the sale of publications with content critical of the
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