Spring 2000: "Access Denied, R-Rating, V-Chip": Should Youth Access to the Internet and Mass Media be Restricted? The Issues Book Censorship | Child Development | First Amendment | The Internet | Music | Obscenity Public Opinion | Public Policy | Television | Youth Violence Book Censorship “Battling Over What Goes On Kids' Library Shelves,” -- By Christy Mumford Jerding. From The Freedom Forum Online “Censorship and Challenge.” -- One perspective from the American Library Association. “Children's Books Stir Up Tempest in South Carolina” -- (10/14/1999) By The Associated Press. The state board said it was up to local school boards to decide if the books were appropriate, but agreed to review them. "Censorship is an ugly word, but it is not as ugly as what I've heard this morning," “Disenchanted by Harry Potter South Carolina Board of Education Refuses to Review Popular Books,” -- Revised November 30, 1999. From the Concerned Women for America - a conservative public interest group. “Don't Cave In to the Book Banners” -- by Joan E. Bertin, from the National Coalition Against Censorship web page. The book in question is Robert Lipsyte's One Fat Summer. “Huntsville, Ala., School Board Member Wants Two Books Banned” -- By The Associated Press James Dawson calls Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and Is He A Girl? 'trashy trash,' asks that they be removed from elementary school libraries. “Is Harry Potter Evil?” By Judy Blume. -- From the National Coalition Against Censorship web page Child Development Normal Adolescent Development, Facts for Families. -- From the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Facts for Families Index. Understanding the Impact of Media on Children and Teens. -- From the American Academy of Pediatrics. First Amendment “Anti-Pornography Law Struck Down in a Yale Classroom,” (June 4, 1999) by Carl S. Kaplan, New York Times Cyber Law Journal. Constitutional Problems with the Communications Decency Amendment: A Legislative Analysis -- By the Electronic Frontier Foundation, June 16, 1995. Freedom of Expression: The Philosophical Basis. -- From FindLaw Annotations to Constitution of U.S. The First Amendment at the Beginning of a New Millennium. -- From the Freedom Forum. The FCC and Freedom of Speech, Publication 75. -- From the Federal Communications Commission Mass Media Bureau Government Restraint of Content of Expression. -- From FindLaw Annotations to Constitution of U.S. The Internet “ACLU, Justice Department Battle Again Over Net Censorship Law,” -- (11/20/99) by David Hudson, First Amendment Center. From the Freedom Forum. Cato Handbook for Congress: Freedom on the Internet and Other Computer Networks CHILLING THE INTERNET? Lessons from FCC Regulation of Radio Broadcasting -- Cato Policy Analysis No. 270 March 19, 1997 CHILLING THE INTERNET? Lessons from FCC Regulation of Radio Broadcasting by Thomas W. Hazlett and David W. Sosa Communications Decency Act Archives. -- From the Center for Democracy and Technology. Includes links to the text of the bill, amendments, analysis, statements from congressional members about the bill, and links to position papers of interest groups that favored the bill. “Consumer Protection is Latest Excuse to Regulate the Net,” -- (12/1/99) by John Katz, from the First Amendment Center. “FCC’s Critics Call For More Web Regulation,” -- (12/8/99) by the Associated Press. From the Freedom Forum. “Libraries Struggle with Pressure to Filter Internet,” -- (12/10/99) by the Associated Press. From the Freedom Forum. “States Just Won’t Give Up on Online Pornography Laws,” -- (Oct. 8, 1999) by Pamela Mendels, New York Times Cyber Law Journal. “Predicting the Legal Internet Issues for 2000,” -- (Dec. 31, 1999) by Carl S. Kaplan, New York Times Cyber Law Journal. “Radical Library Organization Pushes Unrestricted Access to Pornography,” -- American Family Association Journal, September 1999; Vol. 23, Issue 9. “A Regretful Tone in Judge’s Decision on Internet Pornography,” -- (Feb. 5, 1999) by Carl S. Kaplan, New York Times Cyber Law Journal. “Regulating Cyberspace Will Be Messy—But Fun,” -- by Ruth O’Brien, Media Studies Center, the Freedom Forum. “State Internet Law Faces Different Constitutional Challenge,” -- (July 2, 1999) by Carl S. Kaplan, New York Times Cyber Law Journal. “Yale Law Professor is Main Architect of Global Filtering Plan,” -- ( Sept. 10, 1999) by Carl S. Kaplan, New York Times Cyber Law Journal. Music A Brief History of Banned Music in the United States, by Eric Nuzum. “Coming Soon To a Concert Hall Near You: Ratings?” -- From the National Campaign for Free Expression. “Rating & Labeling Entertainment,” -- Kyonzte Hughes, the First Amendment Center. The Influence of Music and Rock Videos. Facts For Families. -- From American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Facts for Families Index. Impact of Music Lyrics and Music Videos on Children and Youth Policy Statement (RE9648). -- From the American Academy of Pediatrics. Obscenity FCC Enforcement of Prohibition Against Obscene and Indecent Broadcasts. -- From the Federal Communications Commission Mass Media Bureau. “Obscenity” -- A legal discussion from FindLaw Annotations to the U.S. Constitution “What is Obscenity?” -- A legal definition from the First Amendment Center homepage Public Opinion “Parents Deeply Torn Over Kids, Internet,” -- (5/6/99) by the Associated Press. From the Freedom Forum. State of the First Amendment 1999: A Survey of Public Attitudes. -- By Paul McMasters, First Amendment Center. (See all State of the First Amendment reports.) Public Policy Congressional Statement of the American Academy of Pediatrics Before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on the Television Ratings System -- (Feb. 27, 1997). Federal Communications Commission V-Chip Home Page Government Regulation of Children’s Television, Issue Brief. -- From Mediascope. Media Ratings: At Home and Around the World, Issue Briefs. -- From Mediascope. The Public and Broadcasting (June 1999). -- From the Mass Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission. A brief non-technical overview of the FCC's regulation of broadcast radio and television. Studies Find Public Policies for Children and Teenagers Not Very Effective: D.A.R.E., Sex Education and TV Content Legislation Fall Short of Their Intended Goals (August 1997). -- Press Release from the American Psychological Association. Television Blocking Technologies. -- From Mediascope. Television Children, Unlike Adults, Recall More of What They See on Television That What They Read, Study Finds (Feb. 26, 1997) . -- Press Release from the American Psychological Association. Children and Watching T.V. Facts for Families. -- From American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Facts for Families Index. How Children Process Television, Issue Brief. -- From Mediascope, a national nonprofit research and policy organization that provides tools to the creative community to be more socially responsible. Music Videos May Affect Adolescents’ View of Violence (April 6, 1998). -- Press Release from the American Academy of Pediatrics National Television Violence Study, Issue Brief. -- From study administered by Mediascope and conducted by the Universities of California at Santa Barbara; North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Texas at Austin, and Wisconsin at Madison. NVTS (National Television Violence Study): Content Analysis, Issue Brief. -- From study administered by Mediascope and conducted by the Universities of California at Santa Barbara; North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Texas at Austin, and Wisconsin at Madison. Youth Violence Theories on Causation of Youth Violence -- From the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control. Thinking About Violence in Our Schools. -- White House Statement of August 3, 1998 of Steven E. Hyman, M.D., Director of National Institute of Mental Health. Understanding Violent Behavior in Children & Adolescents, Facts for Families. -- From the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Facts for Families Index. Youth Violence in the United States Fact Sheet. -- From the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control. >>The Issues >>Legal Background >>Interest Groups >>Activities/Lessons >>Other Resources Spring 2000 Summit Home | The Issues | Summit | Pilot Classrooms | Discussion | Experts | Student Poll National Online Youth Summit Home