Contributor
Bauder, Julia.
Imprint:Detroit : Greenhaven Press, 2007.
Description275 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:"The Current Controversies series examines today's most important social and political issues. Each volume presents a diverse selection of primary sources representing all sides of the debate in question."--Back cover
Note:-- Should high schools and universities censor? -- Should pornographic and violent material be censored? -- Should speech that endangers national security be censored?
Note:I. SHOULD OFFENSIVE SPEECH BE CENSORED? : YES: Racist Hate Speech Should Be Banned / Alexander Tsesis -- Protests at Funerals Should Be Banned / Columbus Dispatch -- Banning the Desecration of the American Flag Would Not Be Censorship / Steven Lubet -- SHOULD OFFENSIVE SPEECH BE CENSORED? : NO: Racially and Sexually Offensive Speech Should Not Be Banned in the Workplace / David E. Bernstein -- Speech That Criticizes Religion Should Not Be Banned / A. C. Grayling -- Protests at Funerals Should Not Be Banned / Michelle Cottle -- II. SHOULD HIGH SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES CENSOR? YES: High Schools Are Permitted to Ban Speech That Attacks Other Students / Justice Stephen Reinhardt -- Schools Should Ban Sexually Harassing Speech / Bernice Resnick Sandler, Harriett M. Stonehill -- School Libraries Should Restrict Students' Access to Controversial Books / Mike Masterson -- SHOULD HIGH SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES CENSOR? NO: High Schools Should Not Ban Speech That Offends Other Students / Eugene Volokh -- Universities Should Not Institute Speech Codes / Greg Lukianoff -- Universities Should Encourage Open Debate / Judith Rodin -- School Libraries Should Not Restrict Access to Any Books / Chris Crutcher -- High Schools and Universities Should Not Censor Student Newspapers / Mike Hiestand -- III. SHOULD PORNOGRAPHIC AND VIOLENT MATERIAL BE CENSORED? Censoring Pornographic and Violent Material: An Overview / Henry Cohen -- YES: Indecent Broadcasts Should Be Censored / Brent Bozell III -- Internet Pornography Should Be Restricted / Phyllis Schafly -- Virtual Child Pornography Should Be Banned / Ernest E. Allen -- The Government Should Help Parents Shield Children from Obscene and Violent Material / Kevin W. Saunders -- NO: Indecent Broadcasts Should Not Be Censored / Marjorie Heins -- Libraries Should Not Use Internet Filters to Block Pornography / Daniel H. Bromberg -- Virtual Child Pornography Should Not Be Banned / Ambika J. Biggs -- Parents Should Be Responsible for Monitoring Their Children's Television Viewing / Adam Thierer -- IV. SHOULD SPEECH THAT ENDANGERS NATIONAL SECURITY BE CENSORED? YES: The Press Should Not Publish Leaked Classified Material / Pat Buchanan -- Supporters of Anti-American Terrorism Should Be Barred from Entering the United States / Steve Emerson -- Scientific Information That Could Help Terrorists Should Be Restricted / Mitchel B. Wallerstein -- NO: Punishing Reporters of Leaked Classified Information Threatens the Practice of Journalism / Paul K. McMasters -- Journalists Have a Duty to Fight Government Secrecy / Pete Weitzel.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
