For this week's assignment I chose to record a podcast as it was easier for me to articulate and express what I wanted to say and how I felt opposed to writing it & I want to apologize for it being 7 minutes long, I kept trying to make it shorter and shorter but I… Continue reading Censorship & Analysis 1
The “R-word” in Today’s Society
The R-word is outdated, offensive, and most often used as an insult in place of another word. The definition of the word is stated as "slow or limited in intellectual or emotional development; characterized by intellectual disability," according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. However, when looking for the definition, everything says a little warning like "offensive"… Continue reading The “R-word” in Today’s Society
Morgan Wallen vs Cancel Culture
I am going to talk about the recent controversy over country singer Morgan Wallen’s use of the n-word. I decided to go with this example because this was a story that I have a particularly strong opinion on. Additionally, it is one that was discussed at length in the class discussion board and therefore I… Continue reading Morgan Wallen vs Cancel Culture
“People are going to die” – Vanessa Hudgens
Image from: The Today Show (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images) Vanessa Hudgens, who is most known for her role as Gabriella Montez in High School Musical, has faced a lot of backlash and outrage over these past few months for a comment that she made during the COVID-19 pandemic. She has landed roles in movies… Continue reading “People are going to die” – Vanessa Hudgens
Offensive Words
Personally, I feel that censorship has gotten out of hand in recent time. I think that today's cancel culture society has created an issue where we don't allow people to grow. With that being said, there is certainly a line, and if you cross that line you have to expect repercussions. I spoke about comedian… Continue reading Offensive Words
Things that I think should be Censored…
Censorship. The definition of censorship according to the Oxford Dictionary is the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable or a threat to security. Before this class, I didn’t really think too much about censorship and when I did, I never thought it had that… Continue reading Things that I think should be Censored…
What should be censored?
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Censoring Children’s Media: Protecting the new generation from the big, bad Internet
Source: IT Security Guru Throughout the duration of the course we have analyzed and discussed varying forms of censorship in media, life, and politics. The majority of these arguments surrounded censoring celebrities’ controversial social media posts, censoring hate speech across public platforms, and even self censorship when it came to body modification or privately made… Continue reading Censoring Children’s Media: Protecting the new generation from the big, bad Internet
It’s Time to Make a Change!
Over the course of this semester our class has been in discussions about some very interesting topics surrounding things that have been censored in our everyday lives andthings that have been censored in the media whether a celebrity said it or it was an ordinary person that went viral. Seeing all these topics really helped… Continue reading It’s Time to Make a Change!
Hate Speech Censored
"Hate Speech is not free speech" -The Right Left Chronicles Over the last several weeks, I have had the opportunity to read many thoughts and ideas on different kinds of censorship in this course. I have learned about many topics regarding offensive words, censorship and social media, and sensuality. Censorship is a very controversial topic… Continue reading Hate Speech Censored
Censorship and Consequences 
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