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BSCOM 268 Wk 4 Discussion – Mass Media Issues
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.
Due Thursday
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
The United States claims to have freedom of the press and freedom of speech. Since the colonial period however, the United States has consistently censored material with political and military topics or obscenity.
Discuss why U.S. media more authoritarian with some topics and more liberal with other topics. Does this censorship lead to unethical reporting? How might censorship of objectionable material be compatible with the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution?
Due Monday
Reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional in your responses.