| Description |
140 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Introducing issues with opposing viewpoints |
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Introducing issues with opposing viewpoints.
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| Audience |
014-017. |
| Summary |
Presents arguments for and against censorship. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-134) and index. |
| Contents |
Should free speech be limited? -- Free speech should have several limits / Jonah Goldberg -- Free speech should have few limits / American Civil Liberties Union -- Flag destruction is speech that should be protected / Cathy Young -- Flag destruction is not speech that should be protected / Citizens Flag Alliance -- Hate speech sometimes warrants censorship / Faisal Kutty -- Self-censorship of offensive speech is cowardly and dangerous / Doug Marlette -- Can censorship be justified as protection for children? -- Decency standards on television are necessary to protect children / Parents Television Council -- Parents, not decency standards, should regulate television / Economist -- Parents should have a say about which books end up in schools / Warren Throckmorton -- Banning books in schools promotes ignorance and intolerance / Thomas G. Palaima -- Students need freedom of speech / Sara-Ellen Amster -- Students can rightfully have their speech limited / Janesville (WI) Gazette -- Do new technologies need regulation? -- Some regulation is necessary for new electronic media / David Coursey -- Education on use of new electronic media is better than regulation / Paul K. McMasters -- Obscenity laws warrant censorship of Internet pornography / Robert Peters -- Obscenity laws should be eliminated / Marjorie Heins -- Library Internet filters are necessary / Arlene Sawicki -- Library Internet filters threaten freedom / Marjorie Heins, Christina Cho, and Ariel Feldman. |
| Subject |
Censorship -- Juvenile literature.
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Censorship -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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Freedom of speech -- Juvenile literature.
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Internet -- Censorship -- Juvenile literature.
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Censorship.
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Freedom of speech.
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| Added Author |
Merino, Noël.
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| ISBN |
9780737747317 |
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0737747315 hardcover |
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