From nation-states to average citizens, most people have interacted with censorship. But how does censorship impact our learning, our interactions - and ultimately - life around us? To scrutinize this broad issue, Camryn and Derek conduct several interviews with professors and students and investigate recent legal battles in states like Florida, Texas and Idaho, which illustrate the dangers of censorship today.
Acknowledgments
A huge thanks to our peers in ENGL 105.097, the UNC Media and Design Center, UNC students and staff, and Dr. Douglas Lauen for supporting and assisting us in the process of creating this segment. This podcast was created as an assignment to situate an audio form of sharing information into a larger theme, during the ENGL 105 course at UNC. It was written, recorded, and produced largely in the class and reflects several weeks of work.
Sources
“Epperson v. Arkansas: Landmark Supreme Court Cases: Freedom of Religion.” Credo Reference, https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/foffr/epperson_v_arkansas/0.
Homans, Charles. “The MAGA-Fication of North Idaho College.” The New York Times, 6 Mar. 2023, www.nytimes.com/2023/03/06/us/politics/north-idaho-college-republicans.html?searchResultPosition=6.
Mizelle, Shawna. “House Republicans Introduce ‘Parents Bill of Rights’ Aimed at Oversight in Education.” CNN, www.cnn.com/2023/03/02/politics/parents-bill-of-rights-house-republicans/index.html.
Policek, Nicoletta. “Censorship.” SAGE Knowledge, 2 Jan. 2020, https://sk.sagepub.com/reference/the-sage-encyclopedia-of-mass-media-and-society/i4083.xml
Reilly, Katie. “Florida’s Governor Just Signed the ‘Stop Woke Act.’ Here’s What It Means for Schools.” Time, 22 Apr. 2022, https://time.com/6168753/florida-stop-woke-law/.
Relevant Links
More information on our interviewee Douglas Lee Lauen, PhD
These are some censorship advocacy groups' pages: