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7. What are the implications of big data on media environment?
8. Why do the impacts of structural changes of media industry may not
lead to direct censorship, but rather transform conditions of

journalism and change the emphasis of contents?
9. Do you agree with the following statement: “During the short history
of internet age, cyberspace has become colonized by powerful actors

and by competing geopolitical and commercial interests”?
10. Summarize the text.

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KIDS' BOOK CENSORSHIP: THE WHO AND WHY
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By Elizabeth Kennedy
Challenges Are Ongoing
Many people think that challenges, book censorship and book
banning are things that happened in the distant past. That is certainly not

the case as you'll see from my 2010 Banned Books Report on book
censorship.
Why Do People Want to Ban Books?

When people challenge books it is generally out of a concern that
the contents of the book will be harmful to the reader. According to the
ALA, there are four motivating factors:
 Family Values

 Religion
 Political Views
 Minority Rights.

The age level for which a book is intended does not guarantee that
someone won't try to censor it. Though the emphasis seems to be on
challenges to children's and young adult (YA) books, attempts are also
mounted to restrict access to certain adult books. Most complaints are

made by parents and are directed to public libraries and schools.
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states, "Congress

shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting
the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the

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Kennedy E. Kids' Book Censorship: The Who and Why / Elizabeth Kennedy. –
Available at: http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/censorship/a/censorship.htm