Week 3 Articulate

1) My argument

I want to argue that the government should not censor all music with violent or explicit lyrics.
Government has censored music with violent and explicit lyrics, so some musicians cannot
freely express their intention through their music. So, I want to emphasize that freedom of expression
must be assured.


2) How I found my argument

I thought that the government should not censor all music with violent or explicit lyrics when I first decided my topic. So, I started to research opposite opinion and history of music censorship. I could know the brief history of music censorship from this article and this article. However, I realized that the most case was the unjust censorship in Korea, and still there are unjust censorship. So, I didn't change my opinion and decided to write persuasive essay about this censorship.


3) New research questions What do you still need to know? What is your research plan?
I have several questions that need to be resolved.

1) Is there any examples that violent or explicit lyrics had directly influenced criminals to do the crime?
2) Does the government censor other fields of art when it includes explicit contents?
3) Is there any movements that musicians try to stop or alleviate the government's censorship?
 If so, what was their supporting grounds?

I'll continue browsing the internet and looking for interesting articles and keeping track of my research with blog posts.

4) Connections to the Harvard Sampler

This argument has some connections to the Havard Sampler. First, it is related to the human mind because this topic is related to if violent or explicit lyrics directly influence human mind. Second, it is related to liberty and security in cyberspace because the government censor musics uploaded on the internet with violent or explicit lyrics.