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Virtually Obscene - The Case for an Uncensored Internet (Paperback)
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Free porn - this phrase conjures images of search engine scams,
computer viruses and spam emails. It also hints at an important
debate - not over cost-free porn, per se, but over a
regulation-free Internet. As Internet usage exploded in the 1990s,
so too did the utopian vision of universal access to unregulated
information. Differing ideas of obscenity and the United States
government's dominion over the web, though, have forced a serious
dilemma, centered on Internet pornography, that involves
regulation, freedom of information, first amendment rights,
feminism and morality. This book examines the phenomenon of
Internet pornography, demonstrating how that debate is an important
case study in the wider argument over Internet regulation. Chapters
objectively uncover the flaws of the most common arguments for and
against regulation, and examine efforts to regulate the Internet;
community standards of obscenity as grounds for regulation; the
free speech debate; and harm to children, women and the moral
environment. The author offers a final analysis that regulation of
sexually explicit materials is ultimately futile, and that the
utility of an unregulated Internet outweighs arguments against
regulated sexually explicit materials.
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Imprint: |
McFarland & Company
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2006 |
First published: |
September 2006 |
Authors: |
Amy E. White
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Dimensions: |
229 x 155 x 11mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
188 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7864-2801-4 |
Categories: |
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Social sciences >
General
Books >
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General
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LSN: |
0-7864-2801-5 |
Barcode: |
9780786428014 |
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