Art Censorship

I believe censorship is permissible in certain circumstances. I find it necessary to censor violent and sexual movies for young children. Im one for scary movie and action & adventure, theyre fun to wacth, its excting. But theyre has to be an age restriction on some of these movies espicially now a days where we need more violence and fighting to find somehting exciting and fun. We have become totally immune to all the violence ont elevision. Children however need to be cesnured frmrom thi immunity. Not only will it be more likely for them to have violent tendencies, i find it inhuman for us to put a child through a scne where someone is getting sawed in half. Thta to me is a form of child abuse and torture. Putting your 2 year old child in front of a saw movie is outright torture, children are delicate beings they can face trauma this way. Everythign we see on the media effect our lives in one way or anpther this efdeec is even greatr when started at a young age.

This essay will discuss the links between photography and censorship and how the photographer and the media uses this to distribute images of a atrocity to the masses, when is it appropriate to censor images and when is it not? Do ‘controlled’ images affect the meaning and how we view them or do they simply allow us to not get desensitized? Photojournalists play a key role in the media their role is to photograph the events that take place in front of them but is it always appropriate to keep taking that image, “a photograph passes for incontrovertible proof that a given thing happened” (Sontag, 1979, p. 5) photography provides the evidence that the event happened why should that be withheld from the viewer. There is always a reason why a photographer may self censor and this essay will explore this by looking at ‘Will Stacey 's’ Photographs Not Taken. In the digital age with everyone having a phone which is capable of taking a image citizen journalism has been on the rise since the invention of the smartphone allowing more and more people to document the possible news that could unfold in front of them, but are the images that come out of their smartphone more true to life and unfiltered due to the fact that they may not be educated in photography thus they don’t hunt the ‘perfect’ shot they simply recorded what unfolds in front of them, to look further at this the essay will look at Stuart Allans and Einar Thorsen’s ‘Citizen journalism Global perspectives’ to gain a

The subject of censorship is a very controversial one, especially the banning of books. Many people believe they must protect themselves and others from the "evils" of many classic books and works of art because they can be deemed "indecent" in one way or another. Many believe that this is absurd and censorship in its current form is a violation of our First Amendment right to free speech. Personally, I align myself with the latter, however I do feel there are occasions where censorship is justifiable. The censorship of books is a division of censorship that, apart from Internet censorship, receives the most publicity. Banning books is the most popular form of such censorship. Many banned books are literary classics, such as The Catcher in

The First Amendment speaks on the freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition; so important, they found their place in the US Constitution. Even with these freedoms meaning so much to the majority of America, somehow today we still encounter differences in political and religious views that seem to provoke people to act violently against a piece of art or even physically against the artist that created it such as in the recent case of artist Illma Gore. Often the violent action of destroying a work of art is “more offensive” than the image itself. We should allow artists free reign of subject matter as well as style and work together to prevent art desecration and violence through education of the arts. Censorship is the result of the fear of art. When the fear of art turns into iconoclasm or, rejection of a valued belief system, that fear becomes lack of government funding, desecration, and physical violence.

Understanding this, I want to make it clear that censorship should not be the solution. I believe that artists should be able to make and

Censorship is “anti-creation” and “the censor’s lie actually succeeds in replacing the artist’s truth”. When something is censored, it is then “thought to have deserved censorship”. This shows that artists need to feel liberated to feel safe enough to be creative and not be silenced by people’s criticism. When something is censored it becomes attacked and starts to define the

“Research on the Censorship of ‘Brave New World”” Although being a subject of controversy for many decades, the novel Brave New World has survived the test of time and is even considered a classic. With that in mind, this novel is still continued to be challenged as it ranked number 7 in ALA’s “Frequently Challenged Books for the 21st Century” for 2011 (“Frequently Challenged Books for the 21st Century”). This list is composed of books that people don’t believe are suitable for the public to view. Another name for this, when the books are actually banned, is called censorship. However, should people actually be able to infringe on other people’s right to read books based on their narrow moral or religious views?

Although is clearly states in the first amendment that "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 press; or the right of the people to peaceably assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances," censorship in America still exists in a big way. "Music censorship is the term used to describe the act of editing, altering, or preventing the listener from hearing the music as the artist created it in order to either deny certain information or to act as a moral gatekeeper of potentially harmful material" (http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~barndollar/courses/spring98/students/fabfive/index.html). The Censorship of

Censorship, is when a piece of art is monitored because the content is not appropriate for society or people of all ages. I believe that censorship hurts the artist and their right to freely express themselves.

The subject of censorship is a very controversial one, especially the banning of books. Many people believe they must protect themselves and others from the "evils" of many classic books and works of art because they can be deemed "indecent" in one way or another. Many believe that this is absurd and censorship in its current form is a violation of our First Amendment right to free speech. Personally, I align myself with the latter, however I do feel there are occasions where censorship is justifiable.

In this day and age almost everything has to be censored in one way or another. It has gotten to the point that music even has be censored on the radio because its use of profanity. In my opinion this is some type of infringement on our freedom of speech. The definition of freedom is “the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.” If this is to be held as true, then why ban books, songs, and even movies because someone may get offended by either the words or actions displayed in them? There is no need for censorship, but maybe fear of what is to be said or done is the real restriction.

Art is entirely subjective, there is no medium that should be censored because, artist should be able to create with no restrictions, America is not a dictatorship, and families should decide what’s appropriate for their homes.

Freedom of Speech is a right we should all be thankful for, and true art should never be censored. Unfortunately, the world of media must follow certain guidelines. The artists on this list must have known these videos would be heavily censored, but they probably didn't think the videos would be banned from television.

Art can also be a controversial at the same time. There are many people who express their idea of art in a way that, in my opinion, should not be seen by the public. For example, many people consider paintings of naked women to be art, as do I, but I do not think it is appropriate for a painting of that nature to become a piece of public art. Another example is people who use profanity in their art. Swearing is not appropriate for a child to see painted on the side of their neighborhood buildings. The thing

Art is supposed for expressing feeling and the visualizing the feeling or thoughts of the artists. Censorship is the suppression of content, which is defined as harmful, politically incorrect or sensitive by the authority (cited in Merriam, n.d.). Art and censorship have been connected for a long period of time together. In the recent society, the censorship on artworks is one of the most severe issues when it comes to censorship and the problem happens internationally. Since every individual has the right to define what is acceptable for him/her or not, instead of the government or others, Art should not be censored. The censorship on Art may influence the freedom of Creativity‬ of the artist; the right of the general public to view different topics of artworks and censorship on political Art may affect the human rights and freedom of speech.