Internet Censorship Survey
Topics of censorship involving the different media have always drawn lively responses from people when asked about them. The media categories of television, printing and recordings now include the Internet. I conducted a survey of people to find out their opnion on the new medium. I asked people, "Do you think that there should be censorship on the Internet?".
I conducted this survey during the week of February 14, 1997. I particularly chose this question because of these reasons: the recent news stories of children being lured into harm after being contacted via Internet; the reports of the availability of pornography; the recent cases tried on the bases of obscenity laws; the forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court hearing on Internet censorship; my own awareness of what is available on the Internet; the fast-pace growth and presence of the Internet, and the controversy of censorship on other mediums.
Before conducting the survey, I predicted that Internet users would answer no to censorship on the Internet in overwhelming numbers. So, I would have to ask if the person used the Internet. I also predicted that my question would be perceived as important only to Internet users-- that I would have to convince someone that does not use the Internet to answer my survey. I even thought that I might conduct some of the survey on the Internet. I would find out later that there were plenty of Internet users in my survey without conducting it online. I also predicted that younger participants would say no to censorship on the Internet.
I predicted that the older the person was, the more likely that they would support censorship on the Internet. I believe this because of my own experiences. I still think ...
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...would answer no to censorship on the Internet. Since eleven did answer no I was partially right. Because eight answered no and two maybe, I was partially wrong too. I had also predicted younger aged people would say no to censorship on the Internet. I placed this prognostication on my own experience. That was proven wrong. Age was not a factor. If there was a large population of teens in the survey, maybe the answer would be different. This could be a theme for another survey.
In conclusion, I thought the survey yielded many statistics. It was taken in four places with a mix of people that were all different. The events of surveying that are the most memorable were the events not recorded. I have learned to survey people around me for answers to important topics. I believe that the next survey I conduct will have a box for other reactions and replies I receive.
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“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” - George Washington. Freedom of speech is one of the universal declarations of human right, created on the 10th of December 1948. It is the complete opposite of what censorship of the internet entails. “This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by a public authority and regardless of frontiers.” Censorship of the internet not only goes directly against this, but it prevents a free flow of information, our ability to communicate as a society and places governments in control of our rights of expression.
He meets: Mr. Jaggers, Wemmick, Drummle, and Herbert. These people help Pip learn his way around London, and teach him how to be more proper. Striving to become a gentleman, Pip loses sight of what his values are. Dickens portrays that public image can change a character physically, but his heart will remain the same. For example, although Miss Havisham and Estella have a very respectable public image, and are considered to be rich, they are dissatisfied, sorrowful people. They treat people very poorly and rude. On the other hand, Joe, Pip’s father figure in the novel, and Biddy are very poor, yet they treat everyone kindly and look for the best in others. Dickens mixes the feelings of character’s public image and generosity in order to prove that just because you are wealthy, does not mean you are happy. Sadly, Pip does not learn this until it is too
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He always wanted to fit in and would treat people bad. When Joe came to visit Pip he was embarrassed of him because how he was a blacksmith. He didn’t even tell the people where he came from because he was embarrassed of his family and where is from. But when Pip goes broke and knows he has no money he changed back into the Pip he once was when he was little. After Joe paid his debt he felt like he was in debt to Joe, but Joe being the great guy he is he tell Pip not to worry about it. Pip still didn’t become a blacksmith; therefore, he did get a job with the business he helped pay for and he was still Pip this
He decides to go to London to be a gentleman but what he doesn’t seem to realize is that he is leaving the people that he cares about most without much thought. After quitting the blacksmithing industry with Joe, he decides that he can make more of his life. After feeling like he is not doing enough with his life, Pip goes to London to get Mr. Jaggers to help him become more of a gentleman. Before Pip decided it was time to make a change in his life, he had a conversation with Joe. “Therefore, I made no remark on Joe’s first head, merely saying as to his second that the tidings had indeed come suddenly, but that I had always wanted to be a gentleman, and had often and often speculated on what I would do if I were one”(134). with Pip being so caught up in being a gentlemen, he was not able to clearly see how this decision to go to London affected everyone and later on he saw the impact it had on him. Joe who pretty much raised Pip and cared for him more that anyone else ever did, hardly ever heard from Pip again because he was nervous to see him again. It left a huge gap in several people’s lives that was hard to
From one viewpoint, Pip has a profound craving to enhance himself and accomplish any conceivable headway, whether instructive, good, or social. His aching to wed Estella and join the privileged societies originates from an indistinguishable optimistic craving to be part of the upper class: “It was then I began to understand that everything in the room had stopped like the watch and clock a long time ago.” (66) This shows when he saw Estella his world stop and he saw her as the way to get to the upper class. Pip believed that being in the upper class would mean you would have a good moral character like Estella. But when Estella chooses to marry Drummle because she knew he was a bad person. Estella explains to Pip that she has no heart as far as emotions “You must know,” said Estella, condescending to me as a brilliant and beautiful woman might, “that I have no heart—if that has anything to do with my memory.” (162) This showed even though you might be upper class you still can have no moral character.
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Most importantly, the entire movie is just one story of how a simple country boy is turned into a snob by the city life. Moreover, Pip doesn't gain anything when he goes to live in the city and actually is less happy than his early days. In this, Dickens is trying to convey the sense that being wealthy and aristocratic is not as important as having loyalty, love, humble dignity, and inner worth.
Many opponents say that Internet censorship can protect their children from accessing bad websites which have a lot of violence and sexual content. Also, they believe that these materials can be harmful to teenagers and make them addicted. However, parents are the ones who should be completely responsible to prevent their children from accessing bad websites, such as pornography, and it is not the government’s responsibility. According to Opposing Viewpoint reporter Adam Thiere, “parents should be the ones to impose censorship on children, not the federal government.” Besides, some websites, which have educational information about safe sex or disease awareness, were blocked. Everyone has the right to use the Internet to find answers to private questions. In addition, teenagers can educate themselves. For example, when I have some questions about sex or sexually transmitted diseases, I cannot ask my parents because of my embarrassment. Thus, the Internet is the best choice for me. Nevertheless, when I searched those questions on the Internet at home, they were restr...
The Internet as we know it is based upon the principles of being “free and open”. No single government, company, person, or entity known to man has complete and absolute control over the web (Google - Take Action). However, as with any medium of knowledge, there will always be those who wish to censor it, for better or worse. Censorship can be defined in many ways. In the context of the Internet, censorship may be defined as the act of suppressing or controlling the access and flow of information to achieve a means. This is a deeply ethical issue because the unrestricted flow of information can be a dangerous thing. However, it is also a philosophical issue pertaining to the concept of free speech.
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