Measuring Self-Censorship in School Media Centers
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Bellows, Nicholas A.
- Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
- Abstract
- This study describes an investigation into the extent of self-censorship within school media centers of Florida public high schools. This investigation was conducted to measure what percentage of schools had a majority of highly regarded books containing controversial materials. Failure to have a majority of these books resulted in the school being designated as engaging in self-censorship. The OPACs of 102 Florida public highs schools were searched for twenty-five controversial titles. The results showed that over 75% of the schools sampled had fewer than 50% of the controversial books. An attempt was made to improve upon a previous study by accounting for a lack of books resulting from budget issues. This attempt was flawed. Thoughts on how to improve this aspect of the study are discussed.
- Date of publication
- April 2005
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- In Copyright
- Advisor
- Daniel, Evelyn H.
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- Extent
- 52 p.
- Access right
- Open access
- Date uploaded
- December 10, 2010
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