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.

Week 2 Research proposal

Topic : Should government censor all music with violent or explicit lyrics?




What is my current topic?
  I wanted to choose the topic about music because i like listening to music. Then i remembered that some violent or explicit lyrics are still controversial. So i decided to choose the topic about the government's censorship on lyrics.    

What are my guiding questions?
 Is there any cases that violent or explicit lyrics directly triggered the crime?
 What are the pros and cons pf 'Lyrics Censorship'?

What are my current thoughts?
  My Opinion of this topic is that government should not censor music with violent lyrics. musicians have a right to express their feelings and thoughts, and they just do that through writing lyrics and making music. So government should not censor the violent lyrics.

What is the opposition?
  -Kids who are able to access to popular music can be influenced by explicit lyrics talking about drugs, sex, and violence.
  -Glorifying violence in music is never good for civilized society. 

Week 1 brainstorming

The Real Name System on the Internet Community Must Be Enforced.

Use of full body scanners at international airports

 Social networking site does more bad than good

 Increasing Cigarette Price

 The rich should pay more tax than now

 Should government censor all music with violent lyrics?