home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
/ Digital Culture Stream 4A / Digital Culture Stream - Volume 4A.iso / mac / Media / mediaph.Dxr / 00102_Bitmap_essay 1 (.png) < prev    next >
Bitmap Image  |  1997-04-03  |  83KB  |  339x240  |  8-bit (51 colors)
Labels: text | screenshot | green
OCR: 5 August 1995 Vienna, Austria Dear Mr. Newman, Yes, I am afraid the warning signs are in the air: Senator Bob Dole attacks Trent Reznor and films written by Quentin Tarrantino. Secretary of Education William Bennett and C. Former DeLores Tucker of the National Political Congress of Black Women call on Time-Warner to ban gangsta rap. The Senate recently passed the Communications Decency Act of 1995, which levels $100,000-fines and two-year prison terms at those who make "obscene or harassing use of telecommunications facilities, " i. e. so-called "cyberporn. " I am afraid that America may be ripe for another outbreak of an irrational fear of communications technologies -- known to the psychiatric community as "Mediaphobia" -- and, at your request, I am here to inform your readers as to what ...