"Music censorship is any discriminatory act that advocates or allows the suppression, control, or banning of music against the wishes of the creator or intended audience" (Nuzem 7). So how common is it in America today? Isn"t artist's freedom of speech protected through the first amendment? Even though the first amendment states "congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press" (Nuzum 177), one would be surprised with the number of musicians who have been forced to alter lyrics, who have been the cause of riots, who have had their music destroyed, have had there most famous songs banned from the radio, and even who have had stores refuse too sell their albums. Is this right? Not according to America's constitution. "Censorship of the arts is one of the strongest weapons against freedom" (Lewis 1). The more it is approved and practiced, the more freedom America loses. Music censorship is not American. .
Censorship is not new; it has been around for as long as government has. One of the first documented instances of music censorship in America was during the 1860's. .
Following the Civil War, Southerners are forbidden from publicly singing pro-Confederate songs. Songs like "I"m a Good Ol" Rebel" (with its open and violent disdain for the Northern way of life) and "Bonnie Blue Flag" (chronicling the cessation of the Southern states at the beginning of the war) are thought by Northern occupation forces to foster anti-Reconstructionist sentiment, which could give rise to a Southern rebellion (Nuzum 211). .
Although censorship continued in many minor accounts, it wasn"t until the 1950's that the problem took a drastic climb. In 1953, Six counties in South Carolina pass a law that "prohibits the playing of popular music in jukeboxes anytime on Sunday or anytime within hearing distance of a church" (Nuzum 214). During this decade, many lyrics of popular songs are forced to be changed.
Governing the Internet dominates many debates, censorship leading the fight. ... (Censorship and the Internet 1) This can be done with software, not government intervention. As stated in "Censorship and the U.S. Government," "Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity it should end there" (Censorship and the U.S. ... As one can see, censorship is driven by the fear of the unknown. ...
The results indicate that almost every country worldwide was perceived to have political censorship on the internet in certain degree and international students have different criterions of evaluation of cyber-censorship. ... Several studies have been conducted on the extent of knowledge and views on censorship among the general public. ... Regardless of these negative attitudes towards Internet censorship, there are also some positive views that censorship provides web users with preventative protection. ... Hence, it is essential to survey their knowledge of censorship and their attitudes to...
Censorship of the cinema and television is justified. ... The Censorship Board of Malaysia banned those movies from coming into our cinemas because the movie promotes violence, drugs and sexuality. ... The censorship is justified as it will protect our society from moral decay, religious critism and we have the ability to watch the movie with our family. Lastly I still think that censorship is bringing benefits to us rather than destroying us. The censorship is here to stay but we can't predict the future maybe the censorship board will be dissolve in the next coming years. ...
Censorship Censorship is the banning of written work. ... Censorship is a short term benefit for schools and a long term problem. ... Censorship certainly protects people who are sensitive to certain issues. ... You can't have censorship without infringing on the basic human rights. In conclusion, censorship shouldn't even be considered. ...
Rap and Censorship The beginnings of rap are believed to based on African rhythms which were used as a form of communication by the native peoples. ... Not all of government's attempts at censorship are as obvious as "Censorware." ... Local governments practice censorship even more often than the federal government. ... The private sector, most notably in the form of super-retailer Wal-Mart, has joined the government in the censorship war. ... One of today's leaders in censorship, especially censorship of rap, has become C. ...
Ownership is like the owner of something, who has the legal right to something or to control What is Censorship? ... How information and media control and ownership relate to censorship? ... First is the Information and media control, without the information control it's may cause conflict and confusion whereby the information just release without any approver knowing, without ownership the information can be use and publish to every one, if there is no censorship this also may cause harm and violent to public, so information control, ownership and censorship is very important for me...
We need censorship to protect children from being exploited and exposed to things they shouldn't be. ... Congress is not all the way for censorship though. ... (www.epic.org/free_speech/censorship/) We also need censorship on the television. ... Since the addition of cable there is a needed increase for censorship. ... Censorship is a necessary and beneficial limitation on society. ...
Censorship is not as recent as most people think. ... Censorship must cease before it gets to be out of control. ... Censorship is used in the novel by burning books. Censorship is oppressive. ... Corporations like Wal-mart have used censorship as vengeance and discipline. ...
Censorship In Fahrenheit 451, as in society today, censorship has completely destroyed originality and intelligence throughout the country. ... In some ways censorship is good, but in other ways it's gone too far. ... In the United States, censorship relates to this by keeping people from hearing all the facts. ... Censorship denies the public right to speech in all of its forms. ... In conclusion, censorship controls today's society. ...
