Annotated Bibliography

This article that I chose focused on the history of censorship throughout history. It mostly goes over the different types of censorship, language or otherwise in Europe which includes the rivalry that the Catholic Church and people that were accused of heresy. It also goes over John Milton's opposition to regulation of free speech in medieval Europe and goes over the steps he took in order to combat those regulations. It also talks about the media revolution such as when newspaper became sort of the main form of information for most people. It talks about how Russia and Japan were very harsh when it came to censorship but there were also other countries like England and Australia that also had very harsh restrictions when it came to newspapers. I am using this source to help me obtain information in order to illustrate my point that media regulations have evolved dramatically over the years and that it has actually led to beneficial changes for society.

The next article that I chose to use deals with how freedom of speech is guaranteed to people by the U.S Constitution. The article also says that although freedom of speech is guaranteed to citizens of the U.S, it is subject to censorship by the government or another organization. Speech is not the only form of communication that can be censored, practically every form of communication can be censored if the government sees fit. Multiple forms of censorship have been put into effect in order to try and regulate what is put out to the public by the media and every form of censorship has its own purpose. I am using this article in order to gain an understanding of what censorship actually is and why it is put into place although it specifically says in the constitution that freedom of speech is essential to our democracy. I also wanted to use the article because although the Constitution does say that free speech is permitted it is somewhat vague on the specifics.

The next article that I used was a series of argument that are pro-censorship. It first talks about the censorship of music and how it is censored. It talks about how some songs include derogatory terms and that in order to be aired on the radio the artists that make those songs have to record a clean version of it in order to avoid exposing an unsuspecting public to the profanity that are in the songs. The next part of the article talks deals with censorship in books and how some authors write about topics that are considered