Censorship in America: A Reference Handbook

Presenting an overview of information control in America, this volume discusses why some works of art and literature are controversial, and examines the arguments of both those who advocate unlimited free speech and those who would impose some limits.

Preface

xi

Introduction

1

(42)

Censorship in America

2

(2)

Censorship in Public Education

4

(13)

Why Are Books and Other Printed Materials Challenged?

6

(4)

Textbook Controversies

10

(2)

Who Is Accused of Censorship?

12

(3)

Hate Speech

15

(2)

Censorship in the Arts

17

(10)

The Music Lyrics Controversy

17

(1)

Censorship and Rap Music

18

(2)

Artistic Freedom

20

(4)

Should Publicly Funded Art Be Censored?

24

(3)

Censorship in the News Media

27

(3)

Censorship and the Internet

30

(8)

Reno v. ACLU: Challenging the Communications Decency Act of 1996

32

(1)

A V-Chip for the Net?

33

(2)

To Block or not to Block: Libraries Confront Internet Access

35

(2)

Encryption: Should the Government Have a Set of Keys?

37

(1)

Conclusion

38

(1)

Notes

39

(4)

Chronology

43

(14)

Biographical Sketches

57

(20)

Facts and Statistics

77

(94)

Supreme Court Decisions

78

(26)

Abrams v. United States, 250 U.S. 616 (1919)

78

(1)

Hannegan v. Esquire, 327 U.S. 146 (1946)

79

(2)

Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson, 343 U.S. 495 (1952)

81

(1)

Butler v. Michigan, 352 U.S. 380 (1957)

81

(1)

Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 (1957)

82

(2)

Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962)

84

(2)

Jacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 184 (1964)

86

(1)

Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965)

87

(1)

Epperson v. Arkansas, 393 U.S. 97 (1968)

88

(1)

Tinker v. Des Moines School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969)

89

(1)

New York Times v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971)

90

(1)

Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973)

91

(1)

FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, 438 U.S. 726 (1978)

92

(2)

Smith v. Collin, 439 U.S. 916 (1978)

94

(1)

Board of Education v. Pico, 457 U.S. 853 (1982)

95

(2)

New York v. Ferber, 458 U.S. 747 (1982)

97

(1)

Wallace v. Jaffree, 466 U.S. 924 (1984)

98

(1)

Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988)

99

(1)

United States v. Eichman, et al., 496 U.S. 310 (1990)

100

(1)

Wisconsin v. Mitchell, 508 U.S. 476 (1993)

101

(2)

Reno, Attorney General of the united States, et al., v. American Civil Liberties union, et al. (appeal, 1997)

103

(1)

Graphs and Tables

104

(8)

Documents

112

(54)

American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights

112

(1)

American Library Association's Diversity in Collection Development

113

(1)

Family Friendly Library's Charter for a Family Friendly Library System

114

(4)

American Library Association's Freedom to Read

118

(5)

American Civil Liberties Union's Briefing Paper Number 14

123

(6)

The Motion Picture Production Code of 1930

129

(11)

The Communications Decency Act of 1996

140

(9)

Electronic Privacy Information Center's Faulty Filters: How Content Filters Block Access to Kid-Friendly Information on the Internet

149

(9)

Excerpt from the Freedom of Information Act

158

(8)

Selected Quotations

166

(5)

Consorship and Humanity

166

(2)

Consorship and Literature

168

(1)

The Public Funding of Art

168

(1)

Censorship and the Internet

169

(1)

Censorship and the Library

169

(2)

Directory of Organizations

171

(18)

Selected Print Resources

189

(18)

Books

189

(16)

General Books on Censorship and Free Expression

189

(4)

Censorship in Art

193

(1)

Censorship in Cyberspace

194

(1)

Censorship in Film

195

(2)

Censorship in Literature

197

(1)

Censorship in Public Schools and Libraries

198

(2)

Censorship in the News Media

200

(1)

Books on Censorship for Young Adults

201

(2)

Books on Protecting Children from Violent or Explicit Media

203

(1)

Books on Obscenity and Pornography

204

(1)

Periodicals

205

(2)

Selected Nonprint Resources

207

(14)

Electronic Journals, Magazines, and Newsletters

207

(2)

Web Sites with Links to Censorship Topics

209

(3)

Electronic Texts

212

(1)

Videotapes

213

(8)

Videos for Purchase

213

(5)

Videos Available in Public Libraries

218

(3)

Glossary

221

(4)

Index

225

(10)

About the Author

235

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