People For and Against Restricted or Unrestricted Expression
Published on 30. December 2002
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-313-31758-3 (ISBN)
Description
What rallies or inspires people to champion the different causes surrounding filtering or free expression? How do people vary in their views on what the First Amendment guarantees? This book encourages students to think critically about the pros and cons of censorship. The profiles of individuals who are active in free speech debates show that while there aren't always black and white answers, there are numerous ways to take a firm stand on the issues.
Readers will be introduced to a wide variety of people, from feminists arguing both sides of the debate over pornography, to those who believe no one can clearly define what is harmful and what is not. The book also presents people motivated by religious convictions to censor material they consider negative or detrimental. Fifty individual stories about activists on frontlines, fighting for what they believe, bring the controversies surrounding filtering and freedom of expression into sharp focus, offering a rich platform for consideration and debate.
Readers will be introduced to a wide variety of people, from feminists arguing both sides of the debate over pornography, to those who believe no one can clearly define what is harmful and what is not. The book also presents people motivated by religious convictions to censor material they consider negative or detrimental. Fifty individual stories about activists on frontlines, fighting for what they believe, bring the controversies surrounding filtering and freedom of expression into sharp focus, offering a rich platform for consideration and debate.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
US School Grade: From Second Grade to Twelfth Grade, Interest Age: From 13 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
523 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-31758-3 (9780313317583)
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Persons
JOHN B. HARER is an Associate Professor of Library Science at Texas A&M University. He is the author of Censorship of Expression in the 1980's and Intellectual Freedom: A Reference Handbook.
JEANNE HARRELL is an Associate Professor of Library Science at Texas A&M University.
JEANNE HARRELL is an Associate Professor of Library Science at Texas A&M University.
Content
Series Foreword Introduction Biographies Bauer, Gary L. Bertin, Joan Blume, Judy Cohen, Jeffrey Mark Conable, Gordon M. Demac, Donna Dobson, James Dworkin, Andrea Ennis, Bruce J. Gabler, Mel and Norma Giuliani, Rudolph William (Rudy) Godwin, Mike Goldberg, Danny Goodman, Mark Gounaud, Karen Jo Hentoff, Nat Hill, Fr. Morton A. Irvine, Reed John Jensen, Carl Kennerly, Karen Kirk, Jerry Krug, Judith F. LaHaye, Beverly Lanier, Gene D. MacKinnon, Catherine A. Mawyer, Martin Medved, Michael Neas, Ralph Graham Jr. Nelson, Monique Neuharth, Allen H. (Al) Pally, Marcia Parshall, Janet D. Peters, Robert W. Powell, Michael Roberts, Michael W. Robertson, Pat Rotenberg, Marc Rushdie, Salman Schatz, Frederic R. (Rick) Schlafly, Phyllis Schmidt, C. James Sekulow, Jay Alan Simonds, Robert L. Steele, Shari Strossen, Nadine Taylor, Bruce Tucker, C. Delores Whitehead, John Wayne Wildmon, Donald E. Zappa, Frank Appendix A: First Amendment to the United States Constitution Appendix B: Historical Documents Related to the First Amendment Appendix C: Intellectual Freedom Award Winners Glossary Bibliography Resources Index