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| Autor/in | Cohen, David |
|---|---|
| Titel | Preparation for the Battle against Censorship of Film and Video in the 80s. |
| Quelle | In: Urban Academic Librarian, 5 (1986) 1, S.30-34 (6 Seiten) |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| Schlagwörter | Censorship; Citizen Participation; Court Litigation; Films; Government Role; Intellectual Freedom; Pornography; Public Opinion; Social Action; Social Attitudes; State Legislation; Videotape Recordings |
| Abstract | Documentation of the spread of censorship is extensive, and although challenges to films and videocassettes have not figured prominently in the literature, in the future there may be more emphasis on these media than on print material. On the state level, increasing censorship of films and videocassettes has occurred in North Carolina, California, Maine, Florida, Oklahoma, and New York. Moreover, the U.S. Department of Justice has labeled three Canadian films as "propaganda," and the U.S. Information Agency has taken action against a producer of films considered "critical" of the United States. Further examples of litigation include the Supreme Court's expected ruling on the constitutionality of a Louisiana state law mandating the teaching of creationism wherever evolution is taught, and the Mobile, Alabama, suit opposing the "secular humanist" curriculum of the schools. Furthermore, it is clear that the Meese Commission is determined to fight against pornography at all costs, employing a strategy that disregards the First Amendment by recommending 10 measures designed to reduce crime through censoring mainly pornographic books. However, censorship has been opposed effectively in the past by citizens' organizations such as the National Coalition against Censorship, the Long Island Coalition, various state groups, and those who are concerned about limitations on free speech must continue to speak out against censorship. Nine notes are provided. (KM) |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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