RJA #15b: Reflection on What You Learned

I learned that procrastination is something that can not be taken lightly. It is something you have to force yourself upon. Maybe the reason I procrastinate is because I work better under pressure; but who knows? Also another thing I learned is that there many resources out there to help with any types of papers and I plan to use them further throughout my studies. This class was not as easy as I expected it to be, I definitely had a rough time trying to get through the last couple of classes. I guess what doesn't kill you makes you a stronger writer.

RJA #15a: Word Cloud

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Research Journal Assignment #14

American Civil Liberties Union. "Free Speech Must Be Protected." Nakaya, Andrea C. Opposing Viewpoints: Censorship. New York: Greenwood Press, 2005. 20-21.

Association, American Library. Intellectual Freedom and Censorship Q & A. 19 November 2009. 20 November 2009 .

Biehle, Helen Chaffee. "The internet and the Seduction of the American Public Library." Roleff, Tamara L. Opposing Viewpoints: Cencership. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2002. 106.

Cardona, Felisa. Denver Post. 19 November 2009. 20 November 2009 .

Commission, Federal Communications. About the FCC. Feburary 2009. 20 November 2009 .

Delgado, Richard and Jean Stefancic. "Campus Speech Codes Are Necessary."
Roleff, Tamara L. Opposing Views: Censorship. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2002. 128-129.

Eggerton, John. FCC To Further Investigate Janet Jackson Super Bowl Reveal. 15 September 2009. 20 November 2009 .

Fletcher, Dan. A Brief HistoryThe Fairness Doctrine. 20 Feburary 2009. 18 November 2009 .

RJA #11b: Visual Aids

-Comics illustrating censorship
-Pictures of censorship
-Graphs of where people stand on the issue

RJA #11a: Introduction

Music, Television, Movies you name it, everything has its limitations too who hears and sees what. Censorship has been a part of our society for over a century and is still a very big part of how our society functions today. Censorship, from definition, is "the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient to the government or media organizations as determined by a censor." Where does the line begin and where does it end? Who has control over what we can or cannot hear, see, or even say?
We experience censorship in any form every single day. Whether its the news stories that are being sold in the morning and evening times. Or certain music artist who express their feelings for ones they love in inappropriate manors, or expressing their hate for authority. Or if their is a certain video games that is stuffed with extreme violence, offensive language, or sensuality. Censorship is everywhere and you can not escape it. That raises many questions. What should censorship be used and not used for? Who should censorship be use for? Is society becoming too sensitive because of censorship? There are many questions that could be sprung from this hot topic. In today society of mass media, not everything is acceptable to be see or heard. This is why the government and certain organization intervene. Censorship has become a more common practice in today's society. Censorship has developed a love-hate relationship with the government and the people.

RJA #10a: Thesis Statement

Thesis statement:

In today society of mass media, not everything is acceptable to be see or heard. This is why the government and certain organization intervene. Censorship has become a more common practice in today's society. Censorship has developed a love-hate relationship with he government and the people.

RJA #9: Evaluation of Sources

Book: The three books that i have found on censorship are basically about all the opposing views of censorship, government involvement, and censorship in society.
1. Censorship: Opposing Viewpoints
Publisher: Thomas Gale, 2005
2. Censorship: Opposing Viewpoints
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 2002
3. Censorship: Opposing Viewpoints
Publisher: Greenhaven Press & Thomas Gale, 2004

Periodical: i have been unsuccessful in finding a periodical

Website: A bunch of the web sites that i have found all deal with censorship in ways such as censorship during wartime, censored news stories

http://www.ncac.org/index.php

http://www.projectcensored.org/

http://web.mit.edu/gtmarx/www/cenandsec.html

RJA #8c: Multimedia

Video Surf

Censorship, U.S. Government, Mass Media

Date of searched: 10/19/09

Number of hits: 0

Rating: 1

RJA #8b: Social Media

Social Media Search Tool

-Addictomatic

Censorship, U.S. Government

Date of search: 10/19/09

Number of hits: 1

Rating: 1

-Blog catalog

Mass Media, Censorship, U.S. governmen

Number of hits: 1

Date Search: 10/19/09

Rating: 2

RJA #8a: Websites

Search Engine: Zakta

U.S. Government, Censorship, Mass Media

My strategy used was searching in news, books, and research journals.

Date searched: 10/15/09

Number of hits: about 15 to 20

rating: 5

Meta and Multi search engine: Academic Index

U.S. Government, Censorship, Mass Media

Date Search: 10/19/09

Number of hits: about 5

Rating: 1

Directory: Yahoo! Directory

U.S. Government, Censorship

Date searched: 10/19/09

Number of hits: 2

Rating: 3

Invisible Web Search: Turbo 10

Mass Media, Censorship, U.S. Government

Date Searched: 10/19/09

Number of hits: 7

Rating: 3

RJA #7c: Field Research Plan

I am not sure about what method I am going to used for my field. I suppose it would be easy to interview people about mass media and censorship. Some question I might ask would be:

-Do you feel that the mass media is meeting your informational needs?
-Do you feel that the corporations and governments have too much power over what we see and hear in the media?

RJA #7b: Internet Research Tool Test

Zakta
Resource searched: Zakta

Keywords used: Political Science+Government+ Mass media censorship

Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches)

I did not used very specific keywords. I used very broad terms.

Date of search
10/13

Number of hits
I received about two hits every time i used different keywords

Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5)

3 or a 4

RJA #7a: Internet Research Tools

The search engine that i use the most would be Google. It is not the most advanced or accurate, but it gives me an idea of what I am trying to look for. The one thing I like about Google is the ease of use. I feel that it does not take a whole lot knowledge to use. What I do not like about Google is that it can give many web hits that do not have anything to do your search topic. If Google is not working for me, i would turn to the Yahoo search engine. I have an email account with Yahoo so I am familiar with the search engine. What I like about Yahoo is that it gives you narrow they first part of your search topic to general topics first. Search topics like sports, business, and popular culture. The one thing that I don't like about Yahoo is that it is used a lot for advertising.

Google

Yahoo

RJA #6b: Search Strings

RJA# 4b: Writing Search Strings

Searches Strings:

Political Science, Government, Censorship, Mass Media

Political Science, Government, Government Involvement, Censorship, Mass Media, TV, Internet, Newspaper, Radio


Revised:

Government+mass media+censorship

Censorship+mass media+TV+Internet+Newspaper+Radio

Political Science+Government+ Mass media censorship

Government+censorship

RJA #6a: Periodical Articles

Author: Charles L. Koltzer

Title: Top under-reported stories of 2000 expose mass media censorship

Journal: St. Louis Journalism Review

Date: June, 2001

Charles L. Klotzer "Top underreported stories of 2000 expose mass media censorship". St. Louis Journalism Review. FindArticles.com. 24 Sep, 2009. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6666/is_237_31/ai_n28847406/

RJA #6c: Protopage

My protopage

RJA #5a: Reference Articles

Article Title: Media power Media, money and politics cosy up together


Author of Article: J Lloyd


Year: 2003


Publisher: London, Writers & Scholars International

RJA #5c: Search String Check

1st comment

2nd comment

RJA #5b: Finding Books

The first book that I found at the Auraria Library is Banned in the Media.

Author: Herbert N. Foerstel
Title: Banned in the Media: a reference guide to censorship in the press, motion pictures, broadcasting, and the Internet
Place of Publication: Westport, Conn.
Name of Publisher: Greenwood Press
Year of Publication: 1998

Contents: A brief history of media censorship -- Prominent examples of media censorship -- A chronological history of media censorship cases -- Voices from the media.

Title: Censorship: Opposing Views
Author: Andrea C. Nakaya
Publisher: Farmington Hills, MI; Greenhaven Press
Year: 2005

Contents: Censorship is viewed as a threat of right of freedom, and should be used for other reasons instead of keeping secrets from the public.

Terms used to search these books: "Mass media+censorship+United States"

RJA #4c: Checking Research Questions

1st comment

2nd comment