SNSG 13-wow, this book is getting interesting at last
"censorship can take many forms, including:
-demanding prior approval of content by an advisor, publication board, administration, or others" SNSG 120
Ahh, the legal issue, Right away a memory stirred. I think in Newswriting, Dr Jerz spoke of a student we had here that wrote an article about how we didn't need a football team and he got threatened?
I always wondered though, if there was a different in censorship between public and private universities. I definately am glad that I picked a private school over a public one. I would hate having lecture classes and no time to consult professors. But the things that happen at my sister's school would never ever fly here. Just the other week, there was a huge protest over a radical group that visits the school every year and preaches hatred towards homosexuals. I'm not saying that the school in any way advocates what the people were saying-but the constitution allows them to say what they want. My point is, our unviersity has a different code of conduct and I don't believe they would allow a group that preaches intolerance to visit campus-after all, how would fanning hatred benefit the student body? It also allows the students to stag a huge protest. The codes of conduct are different at public and private schools. The rules are much looser in many areas of public universities-that's why they have police forces the size of regular town forces.
Use my story as an allegory of sorts. Depending on where you are, there will be different sets of rules. However, if you feel strongly that a story needs to be told for the good of the university, despite the fact that others would get angry or offended, by all means pursue it. Call attention to campus problems-just do it professionally and don't submit what is essentially a rant and call it an editorial.
I think the section on newspaper theft is a little irrelevant, since students here can take as many copies as they'd like. I can understand if a whole large section dissapears, because printing is costly. But if students want to take a ton of copies to read and distribute, don't charge a price.
Libel and slander-just don't open your big mouth and accusing people without suffcient evidence. Rumors and gossip are not reliable stories. You should generally always consult a person before you print a story about them, but chances are if it deals with a defamatory statement, they won't want to talk about it. Where do you go from there? That would be the time to discuss with the editor-in-chief if some more investigative reporting should be done.
Chances are, my cartoons are never going to get me sued. Sure, they're sarcastic and all, but I'm really just twisiting what the media or someone else has already said. The McCain/Bread cartoon-how many of us felt the election campaign was getting ridiculous. The bailout cartoon-admit it, Disney does own a good portion of the world. And the newest one-well, who isn't tired of the phrase "Joe the Plumber"?. Satire-yes. Offensive-hardly.
Obsenity is a grey area. The law gives a definition of obsenity, but the term is sort of subjective. I think a lot of things are obsene that others don't.
-demanding prior approval of content by an advisor, publication board, administration, or others" SNSG 120
Ahh, the legal issue, Right away a memory stirred. I think in Newswriting, Dr Jerz spoke of a student we had here that wrote an article about how we didn't need a football team and he got threatened?
I always wondered though, if there was a different in censorship between public and private universities. I definately am glad that I picked a private school over a public one. I would hate having lecture classes and no time to consult professors. But the things that happen at my sister's school would never ever fly here. Just the other week, there was a huge protest over a radical group that visits the school every year and preaches hatred towards homosexuals. I'm not saying that the school in any way advocates what the people were saying-but the constitution allows them to say what they want. My point is, our unviersity has a different code of conduct and I don't believe they would allow a group that preaches intolerance to visit campus-after all, how would fanning hatred benefit the student body? It also allows the students to stag a huge protest. The codes of conduct are different at public and private schools. The rules are much looser in many areas of public universities-that's why they have police forces the size of regular town forces.
Use my story as an allegory of sorts. Depending on where you are, there will be different sets of rules. However, if you feel strongly that a story needs to be told for the good of the university, despite the fact that others would get angry or offended, by all means pursue it. Call attention to campus problems-just do it professionally and don't submit what is essentially a rant and call it an editorial.
I think the section on newspaper theft is a little irrelevant, since students here can take as many copies as they'd like. I can understand if a whole large section dissapears, because printing is costly. But if students want to take a ton of copies to read and distribute, don't charge a price.
Libel and slander-just don't open your big mouth and accusing people without suffcient evidence. Rumors and gossip are not reliable stories. You should generally always consult a person before you print a story about them, but chances are if it deals with a defamatory statement, they won't want to talk about it. Where do you go from there? That would be the time to discuss with the editor-in-chief if some more investigative reporting should be done.
Chances are, my cartoons are never going to get me sued. Sure, they're sarcastic and all, but I'm really just twisiting what the media or someone else has already said. The McCain/Bread cartoon-how many of us felt the election campaign was getting ridiculous. The bailout cartoon-admit it, Disney does own a good portion of the world. And the newest one-well, who isn't tired of the phrase "Joe the Plumber"?. Satire-yes. Offensive-hardly.
Obsenity is a grey area. The law gives a definition of obsenity, but the term is sort of subjective. I think a lot of things are obsene that others don't.
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Jeremy Barrick on SNSG 13-wow, this book is getting interesting at last: I agree with your last comment
I agree with your last comment on obscenities being a grey area. They are for me to. What I think is not offensive, others do. Read my blog about how our artistic integrity is compromised when an outsider steps in and finds it obscene. Anything can be obscene. It's all about biases.