Honors Capstone Project
1
Advisor(s)
John Curiel
Kalyn Rossiter
Confirmation
1
Document Type
Paper
Location
Wishing Well
Start Date
16-4-2024 2:30 PM
End Date
16-4-2024 5:15 PM
Abstract
Abstract
As authoritarianism has been on the rise once again, it is important to note the effect it has had on today’s society in the form of censorship. With the idea of how any form of censorship works, it is important to note how various leaders use it to secure the power of the state over the individual. While using various examples how both soft and hard authoritarian countries use censorship versus liberal democracies, one attempts to answer how China and the United States are similar in their means of censorship. As it arises to different stages of reaching an authoritarian or totalitarian ideal. With China reaching this “ideal” through its complete censorship of various types of media, the United States on the other hand has only gone as far as to ban books in various conservative school districts. While explaining who, how and what is censored in both countries, one attempts to make it clear how the effects of censorship can have one society as opposed to the other.
Recommended Citation
Mertz, Olesya L., "Censorship and China and the United States" (2024). ONU Student Research Colloquium. 39.
https://digitalcommons.onu.edu/student_research_colloquium/2024/papers/39
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Censorship and China and the United States
Wishing Well
Abstract
As authoritarianism has been on the rise once again, it is important to note the effect it has had on today’s society in the form of censorship. With the idea of how any form of censorship works, it is important to note how various leaders use it to secure the power of the state over the individual. While using various examples how both soft and hard authoritarian countries use censorship versus liberal democracies, one attempts to answer how China and the United States are similar in their means of censorship. As it arises to different stages of reaching an authoritarian or totalitarian ideal. With China reaching this “ideal” through its complete censorship of various types of media, the United States on the other hand has only gone as far as to ban books in various conservative school districts. While explaining who, how and what is censored in both countries, one attempts to make it clear how the effects of censorship can have one society as opposed to the other.