Jessica Harrison
LIS 600 – 05D
UNC Greensboro
October 5, 2014
 First
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Amendment
Freedom of Expression
 Unintentional
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
Censorship
Collection2
Internet Filtering
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
Taboo Topics
Social Media
 Importance
of Social Media7
 Bad Information9
 Conversation Spaces
 Children’s
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Protect children from “obscenities”
Who decides the obscene?1
 Freedom
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Internet Protection Act
of Information Act5
Information from both sides
Libraries and Schools – Neutral
Is neutral the same as objective?
 Community
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Bias2
Suppression of Materials
 Young
Adult
 Economically Disadvantaged
 Homeless
 Anyone who wants to learn
 Censorship
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Selective censorship
 Improved

Collections
Education for Library Staff
 Better
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Resistant Filtering Systems
Education in Schools
Spaces for communication
 Taboo
<<< Censorship
 Education/Information Agency Roles
 Targeting Effected Groups
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