Television Censorship in the Past and Present Essays -- Exploratory Es

Television censorship in the Past and PresentTyping in the web address http//www.censorship.com, I begin my search for information regarding the controversial receptive. After a few seconds of waiting for the site to load, a black stage setting comes up, with black font displaying the message This site is not accessible because it is categorized as Sex, Violence, Language. I immediately highlight the web address and annoyingly lap at the delete button on my keyboard and watch it disappear. Jeez, everything is censored nowadays Frustrated, I decide to take a break. I get up from my computer, cut out my tired body onto the couch, and turn on the T.V. Once the picture becomes clear, I am greeted by a completely bare behind The man yells, You gnomish bitch to his friend who has taken his pants, and a roar of laughter comes from the simulated audience on the show. The scenario shocked me, for I had just been restricted from a website because of subject matter closely related to what I was just seeing on the televisionI sat for a few seconds and thought about the bearing behavior like that was prohibited from the public eye just soon before. But why was it now being allowed to broadcast over millions of T.V. sets across the realm? I realized that censorship itself, and specifically television censorship, has changed immensely through the years. Censorship, or the prevention of disturbing or painful thoughts or feelings from reaching consciousness except in a disguised form has been present since the Roman times (Censorship, History...). The original intentions of the widespread act were to supervise the manners and morals of the people. Government officials were to exclude certain topics, groups, or religio... ...ensorship. 02 Oct 2003 17 featherbed 2004 <http//www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/rgcolumns/2003/1002.asp History of Censorship. 20 Mar 2004 <http//www.angelfire.com/vt2/UnitedStudents/history.html Buchanan, Matt. Ratings, Censorship, and Ne gative Criteria. 20 Mar 2004 <http//www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/3765/appropriate2.html Televised Censorship. 21 Mar 2004 <http//www.dragg.net/users/vocalofkentucky/multiculture.htm Television Censorship. Academic Library. 20 Mar 2004 <http//wwwacademiclibrary.com/view/Music%20and%0Movies/2682.htm The Long History of Censorship. Beacon for Freedom of Expression. 20 Mar 2004 <http//www.beaconforfreedom.org/about_project/history.html The Shadow of Incipient Censorship The Creation of the Television Code of 1952. 17 Mar 2004 <http//historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6558/