THEMES
One of the most notorious usages of computer networks is as a medium of sexual communication. We'll look at the issue of "netsex," at how it has elicited various calls for censorship and prosecution, and at how journalistic coverage of these issues exploded in the great "cyberporn" controversy.
READINGS
Read Friedman, Chapter 8, "In the News."
THINGS TO DO
You know what you're meant to be doing this week.
GOING FURTHER
There's a super-abundance of on-line material on this issue.Try Cyberporn & Journalism , the HotWired: Pornscare Index , EFF "Censorship & Free Expression" Archive for starters..
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