Thursday, January 29, 2009

week two

I came across a list of censored/banned books the other day, and was wondering if they had one for other forms of media (radio/television etc.).
I found there are different kinds of censorship (moral, military, political, religious and corporate) but this was all for types of print. Hardly anything came up on visual media.
At the end of this post is a link to a list of banned book (one of several). Some of these books have been banned in the US, (but not by the government) by different groups. Some of these books are considered classics in the US, but what makes them bad to other countries/governments?
There is also a link to how advertisements are censored. So countries do not allow advertisements to target children. Its hard to imagine what is considered not to. Isn't that what most advertisement companies go for?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banned_books

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising_regulation

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