Category: Censorship

Living in a world with censorship all around you is dreadful. Censorship is the suppression of ideas in a society. This is often if not all the time caused by the government. The government often does this to hide the truth from the public, so they can remain in power of the society. In Fahrenheit…

AudioVisual Translation (AVT) is the term used to refer to the transfer from one language to another of the verbal components contained in audivisual works or products. AVT is the means through which not only information but also the views, the assumptions and the values of a society are filtered (De Marco 2012, 68). Among…

Censorship was introduced in the 1800s but was abolished half a century later in 1905. Some forms of censorship were still legal but were finally abrogated on April 27, 1917. But in October 1917 the decrees were lifted and censorship was fully installed back into media and is still in place to this very day.…

Do you know what is real? Can you actually believe everything you see or hear on the internet? Perhaps this is because of censorship which is a form of control because it controls and influences peoples thoughts and ideas as it only allows the specific group of people that fit into a categorised range to…

The vulnerability of children provides a potential warrant for censorship. Particularly given the development of internet access, both among home owners and educational institutions. Allowing for the risk of innocent children becoming exposed to inappropriate content (Bremer & Rauch 1998). A risk that is amplified through the unknown, given the ambiguous nature of what the…

Should Literature be Political? Defining Political Literature: To fully answer this question, it is important to establish the definition of literature. While literature is often taken to mean any written work, in this context, I have chosen to define literature as works of the creative imagination, including fiction, poetry, and drama. I also aim to…

Who would not want to escape into a book filled with magic, drama, dangerous quests, and teen rebellion? Having a little bit of everything from disobedient teen wizardry to teen love, the Harry Potter series written by J.K Rowling has been challenged for many reasons in America since the publication of the first book in…

Censorship has been around dating back at least to Plato. It is an ever-occurring issue that can be swept under the rug temporarily but could never be completely resolved. While it is recognised that censorship was made to safeguard the public from harm, to what extent does it apply? Is hiding and silencing the masses…

It would be hard to imagine the government censoring the data being fed to the public in a world of diversity and cultural differences. Bradbury uses the characters of Mildred and Montag, both mindless and common members of society, in this speculative fiction book, Fahrenheit 451, to reinforce his theme that creating a highly controlled…

Kids pick up on every little thing, emotions, actions and most importantly words. Kids have no filter when it comes to talking and asking questions so when they come to watch tv should parents be worried about whats on the channel.Tv censorship has been a long debate over if its too censored or not censored…