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Mass Media | Libraries Should Regulate Internet Access
During the debate over filtering in libraries, the American Library Association (ALA) has often exhibited what could only be called an extreme stand on the free speech rights of children. ALA President-elect Ann Symons, in a 1997 interview with Wired, was asked if a 13-year-old wanted to obtain pornography, would she in any way stand in the child’s way? Symons’ response was “I would say from my point of view there shouldn’t be, and if the library didn’t own this material and you as a 13- year-old asked for an interlibrary loan, that should be granted to you just as it...
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- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Internet Pornography Should Be Regulated
- Internet Pornography Should Not Be Regulated
- Libraries Should Not Regulate Internet Access
- Libraries Should Regulate Internet Access
- Self-Rating Of Internet Sites Will Not violate Free Speech
- Self-Rating Of Internet Sites Will violate Free Speech
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Chapter 5
- Chapter 5 Preface
- The V-Chip Will Protect Children From Television Violence
- The V-Chip Will Not Protect Children From Television Violence
- Television Ratings Will Protect Children From Violence
- Television Ratings Will Not Protect Children From Violence
- Requiring More Hours Of EducatIonal Television Will Benefit Children
- Requiring More Hours Of Educational Television Will Not Benefit Children
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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