Vukovich,Caroline

Poppe, Leah
Smith,Victoria

Research Roles
Victoria: Educational and Political
Leah: media and cultural
Caroline:parental,verbal

Research Notes
Victoria
Type of Censorship A: Educational
Fahrenheit 451:
There isn't much said about education. Books are banned; no additional
information can be learned. The books that are stolen have to be memorized before they
are burned.
Specific Quotes:
Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have
quality.- Faber (p.83)
So now do you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the
face of life- Faber (p.83)
Outside Sources:
http://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/16/science/about-education-censorship-found-on-theincrease.html
Books are banned in English classes for the content they contain. It doesn't allow
students to know the truth about true things because they are either changed or not
allowed in schools.
Interview Questions:
1. What do you think educational censorship is?
2. Why do should some types of education should be censored?
3. Can educational censorship be reversed?
4. What effects does educational censorship have on learning?
Type of Censorship B: Political
Fahrenheit 451:
The government bans all books. They make firemen go and burn down books
inside houses of the citizens. Some citizens don't want to live without knowledge, so they
stand in the house and burn with the books.
Specific Quotes:
We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the constitution says,
but everyone made equal- Beatty (p.58)
Outside Sources:

https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2013/08/united-states-free-expression-constrained-bycultural-and-political-factors/
Politics limit the freedom of speech about governmental decisions. National
security is used to backup free speech and privacy restrictions.
Interview Questions:
1. What is political censorship?
a. To b
2. Why do government officials use censorship?
3. How does censorship affect our political views and influence decisions?
4. Do you think it is a good idea for governmental institutions to be censored?
Hook/Introduction:
Censorship has positive and negative affects on the way we live our daily lives.
Censorship is the practice of officially examining books, movies, etc., and suppressing
unacceptable parts. Like clouds acting as a censorship towards the sun. As humans, we need
information easily accessible to keep society moving forward. I'm Victoria, and today were
going to be talking about the different types of censorship. I researched educational and political
censorship. Educational censorship is the banning of books and content while political
censorship is the hiding of information and governmental actions.
Leah
http://censorship.laws.com/censorship-in-america
Type of censorship: Cultural
Fahrenheit 451: Public schools are worried about cultural censorship because in the book
Montag goes against his society. They fear that many students will go against authority and not
care about the consequences. Teachers don't want their students to rebel and not complete
their work or the task at hand.
Outside sources: Cultural censorship is being banned or forbidden to access information or
beliefs based on your own culture. For example using language that may be offensive to
someone's culture or types of food can be banned from consuming or saying.
Quote: Well, Montag, take my word for it, I've had to read a few in my time, to know what I was
about, and the books say nothing! Nothing you can teach or believe. pg. 62
Questions:
What do you think cultural censorship is?
Why do you think people censor things?
What types of things should/ need to be censored?
Do you think people would act different if there wasnt a need for things to be
censored?

Type of censorship: Media

Fahrenheit 451: The media and tv shows in the book Fahrenheit 451 shelter people from
thinking. They provide shows solely for entertainment purposes. There are no newscasts and no
information is spread about current events or people from other areas. The government is
sheltering people from gaining information through the media around them.
Outside sources: http://m.huffpost.com/us/news/media-censorship
Media can do many things to censor information. Tv shows and songs can take out offensive
words or images so that people won't have access to see them. Many websites can limit your
access to certain content if you're under the age of 18.
Quote: "The bigger your market, Montag, the less you handle controversy, remember that! All
the minor minor minorities with their navels to be kept clean. Authors, full of evil thoughts. lock
up your typewriters. They did. Magazines became a nice blend of vanilla tapioca. Books, so the
damned snobbish critics said, were dishwater. No wonder books stopped selling, the critics
said."pg 57
Questions:

Why do you think books were banned?

Why do you think the tv shows were filled with useless information?
What do you think media censorship is?
What should be censored in media?

hook: Censorship can shelter as well as protect us from information.

introduction: I'm Leah and I'm going to talk about censorship. The definition of censorship is to
protect viewers or readers from obtaining information that might be inappropriate. censorship is
the clouds and the sun is the information. An example of censorship is that teens can not see R
rated movies without their parents consent. Movie theaters will not let you into the movie unless
you are 18 years or older. I researched two different types of censorship, media and cultural.
Media censorship is the censorship of tv, radio stations, music and movies. They can censor
inappropriate language, nudity, and behavior. Cultural censorship is the act of cultures
sheltering people from their surroundings. In some cultures it is not okay to do certain things or
eat certain foods because it goes against what you believe in.
Caroline
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/f/fahrenheit-451/critical-essays/the-issue-of-censorship-andfahrenheit-451
Verbal:Bradbury ties personal freedom to the right of an individual person having the freedom
of expression when he examines the issue of censorship in Fahrenheit 451. The first
amendment helps with freedom of
speech, publications, or expression of any kind.
Parental: such as pornography or certain threats of imminent violence can cause parents to
restrict certain materials from their
kids lives.

Quotes:
Verbal//
-" 'We stand against the small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting
theory and thought' " pg.59
-" 'And some day we'll remember so much that we'll build the biggest goddamn steamshovel in
history and dig the biggest grave of all time and shove war in and cover it up. Pg.157
Parental//
-" 'You know the law,' said Beatty. 'Where's your common sense? None of those books agree
with each other. You've been locked up here for years with a regular damned Tower of Babel.
Pg.35
Question:
Verbal//
1)What do you think verbal censorship is?
2) How do you think it effects us on us on a daily basis?
3) Do you think people should have freedom of speech?
4) Who do you think decides if it should be censored?
Parental//
1) What do you think parental censorship is?
2) Do you think parents have the right to decide what their child watches and
doesn't watch?
3) Do you think that sometimes parents might have too strong of censorship and
might block their kids to learn and experience different material?
4) If you were a parent or you already are what kind of material or different shows
would you ban from you're kids from watching?

introduction/hooks
- Censorship gives us boundaries for what is right and wrong.
- Caroline;Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication
or other information which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive,
politically incorrect or inconvenient as determined by governments, media
outlets, authorities or other groups or institutions.clouds blocking the sun. We
need some sort of blocking about certain things to not expose us to everything
bad and negative and focus on the positive. This relates to parental and verbal
censorship because it is protecting certain materials from certain people who
don't need to be exposed to that yet.

Script Draft
Victoria: Censorship acts as a boundary by protecting us from certain information.
According to Google , censorship is defined as the practice of officially examining
books, movies, ect. and suppressing unacceptable parts. This is important because it
tries not to expose us to certain explicit media. Censorship acts as a cloud blocking us
from the sun. They protect us from the harmful radiation of information. I'm Victoria,
and I will be talking to you about educational and political censorship. Im Caroline, and I

will be informing you today about parental and verbal censorship. HEY GUYS, IM
LEAH!! I WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT CULTURAL AND MEDIA CENSORSHIP!!
RADICAL DUDEEEE :)
Leah: The first type of censorship is cultural. Cultural censorship is when a society or
group censors things that may go against their culture. A metaphor for this would be
Platos Allegory of the Cave. The men inside the cave were stuck and could not get to
the world outside, the cave acts as the censorship and the outside acts as information.
The men could not obtain this information even though it may have been beneficial.
According to a recent study, the three main reasons content is censored is because it
contains sexually explicit content, offensive or vulgar language or it is not appropriate
for the audience. For example many cultures ban certain music because it can offend
listeners. In the book Fahrenheit 451 Montag goes against his society and starts to
read the books he doesnt burn in fires. He wants to gain the information although he
knows it is against the law. His culture has censored or banned books from anyone
reading them, because in the past people started to become angry with the content. In
the book Beatty explains to Montag why the books were banned. Well, Montag, take
my word for it, I've had to read a few in my time, to know what I was about, and the
books say nothing! Nothing you can teach or believe.
Another type of censorship is Media Censorship. Media Censorship is when tv shows,
radio stations, movies or songs become banned due to their content. A metaphor for this
would be a dam. The dam is blocking the water, or knowledge from getting to the public.
Brandon Gaille wrote an article titled Internet Censorship he states that 80% of the
world does not have access to internet that is 100% uncensored. This goes to show
how much of the media becomes censored to viewers. When watching certain videos
on Youtube you can get a pop up screen stating you cant watch the video unless you
are 18 years or older. This is to protect you from content that can be inappropriate for
underage viewers. In Fahrenheit 451 the tv shows and radio stations are filled with
useless information. This is to control the spread of controversy. They dont want people
to revolt against their society. A quote from the book states "The bigger your market,
Montag, the less you handle controversy, remember that! All the minor minor minorities
with their navels to be kept clean. Authors, full of evil thoughts. lock up your typewriters.
They did. Magazines became a nice blend of vanilla tapioca. Books, so the damned
snobbish critics said, were dishwater. No wonder books stopped selling, the critics said."

Victoria: One type of censorship I researched was educational. Educational censorship

is when the school board limits the knowledge students can intake based on the
content. This causes students to act as blind puppies on a busy street. There are illegal
activities that happen everyday and by keeping them out of books and teaching

curriculums, it makes it hard for students to be prepared for the real world. In Fahrenheit
451, Faber explains to Montag why books are hated. So now do you see why books
are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of life. he says on page 83. In
the book, society fears truth and reality. They feel that books contain too much
information and that everyone is better off without knowing. According to
The New York Times, censorship in schools has increased by 35%. Censors today
don't just ban books, they want to ban ideas that differ from their own.'', says Anthony T.
Podesta. So not only does the school board want the books banned, they also want to
ban ideas that go against what they believe. This contradicts the whole principle of
individuality.
Another type of censorship I did was Political censorship. This is when a
government tries to give out fake/false information to its citizens about the country
politics. It's basically like a kid eating a can of fruit.Fruit in a can is artificial, but their
blindsided by their parents thinking its real fruit. THE PARENTS ARE KEEPING
SECRETS FROM THEIR CHILDREN. The government keeps stuff from us that we
might have an opposing opinion on. Index: The voice of free expression, did an article
on governmental censorship. In the article it explains that politics limit the freedom of
speech about governmental decisions and that National security is used to backup free
speech and privacy restrictions. In Fahrenheit 451, The government bans all books.
They make firemen go and burn down books inside houses of the citizens. Some
citizens don't want to live without knowledge, so they stand in the house and burn with
the books. Captain Beatty says, We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and
equal, as the constitution says, but everyone made equal(p.58) . This shows that the
government wants everyone to be the same and frowns upon people becoming their
own person and forming their own opinions.

Caroline:Verbal censorship is when you are shielding certain harmful or unnecessary foul
language that some people might take offense to.Verbal censorship also deals with the freedom
of speech and how you should be entitled to this but to a certain extent that is appropriate.
Freedom of speech is like any machine built by humans, if you don't take care of it, it can soon
become rusty and obsolete. This example basically is talking about how if you don't take care or
limit and give some freedom of speech the whole idea of freedom of speech will become history
and will only be something from the past that no longer exists. Bradbury ties personal
freedom and the right of an individual person having the freedom of expression when he
examines the issue of censorship in Fahrenheit 451. The first amendment helps with freedom of

speech, publications, or expression of any kind. According to ACLU whether through protest,
media, online speech, or the arts in the face of new threats to free speech. Defense of freedom
of speech is most necessary when the message is one most people find repulsive. Most people
don't like to be exposed to certain words or things that they don't want to hear or think about,
censorship helped protect that. Like for example when you are watching a reality show and they
are going off on each other or saying different cuss words they might bleep out some that
people might.
The last type of censorship I will be talking about is parental. Parental censorship is basically
when parents block their kids from watching or preventing them from being exposed to certain
things that they might not think is appropriate for their age group. Parents are like the ends of
tunnels, opening up a world of wonders. What this metaphor is basically saying is that Parents
don't want to expose their kids to these issues or certain information in this world all at once
they want them to gradually and curiously explore them. When I was younger my mom wouldn't
let me watch certain shows, one of them was spongebob square pants she said it wasn't
appropriate for me and wasnt education. According to Huffington post, when children use
inappropriate language it might catch you off guard but the goal is not to overreact this might
cause rebellion having a long lasting impact. This is basically saying there is such a thing as
over parental censorship to the point where it is to much and can lead to problems in the future.
This connects to Fahrenheit 451 because the adults in the book were protecting their kids from
certain information that is stored in books by burning them and not letting them explore them.