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Challenged Books

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an attempt to remove or restrict materials

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Banned Books

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materials actually removed

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Why are booked challenged?

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sexually explicit, offensive language, unsuitable for age group, violence, homosexuality, occult(make believe)

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Who challenges the most books?

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Parents

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Bottom Line!!!

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If its Constitutionally protected, we can’t censor. If we censor, we are violating the First Amendment.

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Revolution

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around 1446 with the printing press

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Printing

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Gutenberg’s press uses type that is metal and movable
*Numerous pages can be printed
*letters can be rearranged
Bibles

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Gutenberg Effect

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Written communication available to much larger population, reading became a necessity not a luxury, new ideas spread across borders/preserved

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Books in the U.S.

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economic opportunity and religious persecutions

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Europe

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Wealthy, literate people

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American

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Poor, uneducated- colonists bring few books

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U.S. Colonies Books

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religious text and government documents

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Survivors: The Colonies??

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Books didn’t pack well, little time to read, priorities and hard times

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Why so little variety?

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Printing needed governments permission, government officials loyal to the king and criticism could mean jail time

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The Stamp Act

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Government seal of approval, a way to recoup war costs, means of controlling messages

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Did printing become central to the American Revolution?

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YES!!!

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Common Sense

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Instant best Seller, challenged the monarchy, government as a necessary evil, written in the plain language

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After Common Sense

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newspapers flourish (Taverns, coffee shops) Books are slow to develop( cost about a week’s pay)

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Where we are today?

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books go “Multiplatform”, numbers of new titles increasing, we read less, few media conglomerates control and profits may affect contents

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Books as a cultural force

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agents of cultural, social change. Sources of entertainment, mirrors of culture

21
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Aliteracy

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People can read but they don’t want to, spend less than 10 min reading each day, 2.5 hours watching TV

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Censorship (for the good of society?)

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Authority limits publication or access

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