Aili's Part

Hey guys,

I've done the first draft of my part. Please have a look and tell me if you have any suggestions. Thx!

(BTW, it took me 1.45 minutes to READ these stuffs.)


Intro:

Hello everyone, my name is Aili. Here's our group -- Synge, Laura, and Andre. Today we are going to talk about ‘media censorship’.

As new media (i.e. online and mobile media) is set to take center stage nowadays, governments has taking greater control over the media, and thus media censorship is becoming a more and more popular topic.

The main purpose in censorship is using it as a tool to filter out those unnecessary and misleading information which might cause problems. There are many ways to enforce censorship, such as by withholding information or banning information. In ancient China, the emperor Qin Shi Huang censored Confucianism by burning thousands of scholars out. From past history, censorship does seem to have some form of success at maintaining the society stability.

However, with the development of the society, people nowadays need more freedom, including the freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of getting information, etc. Besides, it is almost impossible to carry out censorship in the new media. Many many information are accessed and transmitted each day by millions and millions of people worldwide and hence it is impossible to censor out information. For example, the Chinese government has blocked Facebook, Youtube and Twitter, but people still can use some software to access these websites in China.

So whether censorship is good or not and whether we need media censorship in the future is a huge debate. Today, Synge and Laura are going to have a debate on both sides in regarding to this topic, while Andre is going to make a conclusion on it.

Now, I’m going to pass it to Synge.

Guys, please feel free to tell me if you have any advices. Thanks!

Aili