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Seven Dirty Words Power To Regulate
1,211 words... f the dominant culture's inevitable efforts to force those groups who do not share its mores to conform to it's way of thinking, acting, and speaking. " (Gunther, 1991) Therefore, the Supreme Court looked upon Carlin's monologue as indecent but not obscene. The FCC was given the power to regulate the airwaves and prohibit broadcasters from promoting "indecent" material over the radio. After the Pacifica case the FCC has also extended the ban of indecent as well as obscene materials to 24 hou...
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Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties
1,725 wordsSurfing the Internet is like strolling through a library. With just one click of the mouse, a person can enter an amazing world of information. The Internet takes away the inconvenience of having to drive to the public library, plus, the Internet is open twenty-four hours a day. But, not only can a person research information on the Internet, he can shop for products, read the latest news and stocks, meet new people, not only in the United States, but in other countries as well, look for a job, ...
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Communications Decency Act Act Of 1996
1,739 wordsThe Internet is a method of communication and a source of information that is becoming popular among those who are interested in the information superhighway. The problem with this world we know as Cyberspace, the 'Net, or the Web is that some of this information, including pornographic al material and hate literature, is being accessible to minors. Did you know that 83. 5 % of the images available on the Internet are pornographic al? Did you know that the Internet's pornography and hate literat...
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1,569 wordsWithout a doubt, one of the greatest inventions of all time is, television. Television enabled us to witness countless historical events, such as presidential inaugurations, man's first steps on the moon, President, John F. Kennedy's death, and more recently, the tragic events of September 11 th 2001. Although the benefits of television are immeasurable, many people believe that American society, especially children, have been adversely affected by it. As the popularity of cable television conti...
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Internet Service Providers Act Of 1996
2,713 wordsCulture & Technology: A Case Study We live in a time where information is only a mouse-click away for a large portion of the country and the world. Up until ten years ago, people had to go to their local library or purchase an expensive encyclopedia set for their home just to obtain information. Now, information is free and easily accessible from the home. Why pay five hundred dollars for an encyclopedia set when you can get on the Internet and obtain even more information for free? Also, within...
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Act Of 1996 Information On The Internet
1,658 wordsPrivacy in the Information Age We live in a time where information is only a mouse-click away for a large portion of the country and the world. Up until ten years ago, people had to go to their local library or purchase an expensive encyclopedia set for their home just to obtain information. Now, information is free and easily accessible from the home. Why pay five hundred dollars for an encyclopedia set when you can get on the Internet and obtain even more information for free? Also, within the...
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Act Of 1996 Information On The Internet
1,660 wordsThe Effects of Advanced Technology on Small Groups We live in a time where information is only a mouse-click away for a large portion of the country and the world. Within the last couple of years, Internet service to the home has become available free of charge through certain providers that subsidize their service through advertisements. But with all these advantages, there definitely has to be a flip side of the coin. The advancement of Internet technologies, and in particular that one that en...
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Freedom Of Speech Censorship Of The Internet
1,407 wordsAs the end of the twentieth century nears, a new tool has emerged as the future of communications, business, news, education, and entertainment. This tool is the Internet, a worldwide network of computers currently connected by phone lines. While it is still in its early stages, it is already being recognized as the best form of reference and advertisement for businesses and personal needs. However, it is also abundant with material considered inappropriate, adult, and vulgar by many people. Man...
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Seven Dirty Words First Amendment Rights
2,437 wordsHow George Carlin's Filthy Words Gave the Government the Power to Regulate What We Hear on the Radio The FCC v. Pacifica Foundation: GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS ON RADIO BROADCASTING In 1978 a radio station owned by Pacifica Foundation Broadcasting out of New York City was doing a program on contemporary attitudes toward the use of language. This broadcast occurred on a mid-afternoon weekday. Immediately before the broadcast the station announced a disclaimer telling listeners that the program would ...
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Freedom Of Speech Form Of Media
2,792 wordsIn mid March of 1998, a scientific break through occurred for the engineers at NASA. The space probe that they sent to Mars came back and, for the first time, contained readable and usable photographs of the planets landscape. Full of pride over their latest achievement, NASA posted the information on the Internet. This allowed astronomy enthusiasts, students, and other interested individuals to take a first hand look at the, never before seen, Martian Landscape. (NASA) One month later, two men ...
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Communications Decency Act Act Of 1996
1,884 wordsSubject: Computer Science Title: Does The Government Have The Right To Censor The Internet? The Internet is a method of communication and a source of information that is becoming popular among those who are interested in the information superhighway. The problem with this world we know as Cyberspace, the Net, or the Web is that some of this information, including pornographic al material and hate literature, is being accessible to minors. Did you know that 83. 5 % of the images available on the ...
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2,444 wordsGOVERNMENT REGULATIONS ON RADIO BROADCASTING Essay, Research GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS ON RADIO BROADCASTING In 1978 a radio station owned by Pacifica Foundation Broadcasting out of New York City was doing a program on contemporary attitudes toward the use of language. This broadcast occurred on a mid-afternoon weekday. Immediately before the broadcast the station announced a disclaimer telling listeners that the program would include " sensitive language which might be regarded as offensive t...
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1,310 wordsFreedom of Bytes In today s era there exists a medium, which like never before is becoming a medium of communication and interaction between humans, namely the World Wide Web. This old but yet new medium is expanding and changing rapidly, thus making it close to impossible to control. The World Wide Web is offering more to society now than it ever has before, created by the army to keep up communications during crisis, it s importance to the army has also transcended into regular society. The in...
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Simon Wiesenthal Indecent Material
2,900 wordsAs the end of the twentieth century nears, a new medium and tool has emerged as the future of communications, business, news, education, and entertainment. This tool is the Internet, a worldwide network of computers currently connected by phone lines. While it is still in its infancy, its power as a medium is very great, and this is being recognized ever more frequently by the businesses and people it connects. However, it is also abundant with information that is considered inappropriate, adult...
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Communications Decency Act Carnegie Mellon
4,437 wordsCensoring the Internet The internet offers a huge wealth of information both good and bad, unfortunately the vary nature of the internet makes policing this new domain practically impossible. The internet began as a small university network in the United States and has blossomed into a vast telecommunications network spanning the globe. Today the internet is ruled by no governing body and it is an open society for ideas to be developed and shared in. Unfortunately every society has its seedy und...
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Communications Decency Act United States Congress
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Communications Decency Act
958 wordsThe Internet is one of the technologies that are widely used in the world. It is also one of the most controversial technologies. The government wants to put some regulations on the Internet. These regulations mainly consist of the censorship of it. These regulations are lead by the Communications Decency Act. This censorship causes a lot of problems to its users. People are arguing that all this censoring would run people away from it. Other people believe that censorship has been needed to con...
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Years Of Age Supreme Court
3,217 wordsImagine a place where you have access to anything and everything one could want. Some would say that is only existent in a utopia, and some would say that describes the Internet. Many adults go on to the net and access pornographic material that would be unsuitable for children. This is called cyber porn. The controversy lies in the fact that children are accessing these materials also. Government, activist groups, and concerned parents are fighting to regulate obscene material found over the In...
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Communications Decency Act Positive And Negative Aspects
2,336 wordsThe Internet (or Information Superhighway) has grown quite beyond the novelty that it was once thought to have been. The Internet is no longer the playground of computer techies or pocket-protector wearing nerds. The Internet has become a community forum, a place of business, a vast source of information, as well as a constantly changing source of entertainment. From its beginnings, the highway has avoided any semblance of order (Kahin and Keller 23). No one owns the Internet, and no one control...
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Material On The Internet Source Of Information
870 wordsI believe that the Internet is a good source of information on a wide variety of subjects. I have personally used the Internet for a year now and have found it very useful for helping me with my school work as well as being very entertaining. However I have been deterred by some of the information that is easily accessible and that anyone could look at such as, detailed instructions on how to make harmful or fatal explosives and illegal pornographic material. Growing concern about the availabili...
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