The Wikipedia Controversy

EAP2 WW Practice Final
Airi Murasaki
April 24, 2008

The Wikipedia Controversy

We live in the age of information nowadays. A lot of people often use Internet to get any information more easy, because it is convenient and is a faster way to find any information. “Approximately 38 million people visited the English language version of the site in December 2006. Wikipedia is also easy to find; it frequently appears at the top of many Google searches and access is completely free” (Byers. 2007, para.3). We have a lot of searching sites such as Wikipedia and Google ; people in the world can use the sites anytime for free. So, students also use the information sites for homework, researching, and papers, or for any school work. However, there are some problems between school and the Wikipedia. Students have to study, know the dangers, and find and collect information with responsibility.

First, using Wikipedia is not a good idea for students. Students want to and must study with high motivation. Study means investigate, read, and think. Professors have already found that students should not use information on the site for their study. “Middlebury College, a prestigious liberal arts school in Vermont, recently announced that its history department had banned the citation of Wikipedia for history papers and exams (Byers.2007, para.1). Information on it might be helpful, but they should not use it for papers and exams.

Second, the information is dangerous. Anyone anytime can change the information. People can believe wrong information. It is possible to have problems with the information. “While encyclopedias and journals are generally authoured by scholars and peer reviewed before publication, Wikipedia articles can be written and edited by anyone at anytime, bringing about a debate over the risk of giving those outside academia the power to create and contribute to articles on scholarly subjects. Furthering this, users can add, alter, or remove information without registering user account, giving those who visit the site free and anonymous reign over the available information” (Wolverton. 2007, para. 7). There is unclear information. We have to use it carefully.

Third, we have to find and use information with responsibility. And we want to use and collect only right information. Information on site is susceptible and weak. “It is not the number of articles available on Wikipedia that is up for debate, though. The argument amongst scholars is that the information available on Wikipedia is not necessarily accurate and that the articles themselves are particularly susceptible to Internet vandalism” (Wolverton, 2007. para.11).
In conclusion, we study by ourselves, be careful, and find right information. Wikipedia is convenient but right. We should use internet carefully in ths information society. We need to have responsibility in using any information all the time.

Reference
Byers, M. (2007, March 8) Controversy over use of Wikipedia in academic papers arrives at Smith, Sophian, Smith College. Retrieved on April 23, 2008, from
Http://media.www.smithsophian.com/media/storage/papers587/news/2007/03/08/News/Controversy.Over.Use.Of.Wikipedia.In.Academic.Papers.Arrives.At.Smith-2765409.shtml


Wolverton, J. (2007, Jan 22). Wikipedia Wilson,Valley Vanguard. Retrieved on April 23, 2008.
http://www.svsu.edu/club/vanguard/stories/1141

YouTube Censorship

EAP2
Airi Murasaki
04/15/2008
YouTube Censorship
Lately, YouTube is shared with so many people in the world. Most people can watch videos and put any videos on this site anytime. YouTube is entertainment and a source of information for people. However, they have many problems with countries in the world. In fact, there are so many claims about their inappropriate videos. For example, there are violent, religious, racial, individual, and sexy videos. They repeat the same problem, although the nation insists on removing the video. You Tube is immoral, because they are using freedom of speech in making fun of the king of Thailand. Those video clips are very harsh for people in Thailand. They don’t have censorship and care about knocking videos. You Tube’s problems are individual harm, freedom with no responsibility, and mischief for people in the world.

First, YouTube made people hurt in several ways. They broke individual reputations by showing movies that hurt them to people in the world. For example, people inThailand got hurt the video on YouTube. One country is a splendid individual. All of the people all over the world can watch videos and put in any videos, even if it is harmful one for somebody. You Tube has no responsibility for that work. For example, they don’t care if we put any knocking videos for somebody on the site. Actually, people’s dignity has been lost so far. This is the big international problem.

Second, freedom in this world means peace with responsibility any time. You Tube is not controlling freedom, because although they are using sharing videos they keep having mistakes. For example, they talk about freedom, but there are too many objections. They should be right by using censorship to show a lot of videos in the world. Anybody can share and put videos on the site anytime. People should share only right videos.

Third, You Tube seems cowardly. Although they made the same problem as Thailand for China before, they did it again. This is because Thailand is so much less powerful compared to China. Such actions are inconsistent with good sense. We can not think that You Tube works well and have good effect for people the same situation.

YouTube insists on freedom. They said “No”, when the nation asked to remove the video . They are not right, because they are ignoring the fact that freedom has to be with responsibility. They actually don’t work in freedom, although they insist freedom. It is not forgiveness of problems, because they show us the video for making fun. A lot of people have gotten hurt so far.

In conclusion, they need censorship, if any clips should are shown or not, for each video as soon as possible. YouTube should show only good videos for everybody from now on. Individual majesty absolutely should be protected in the world. They need to manage properly. People in the world should ask them to do right work.


Reference

The Thailand. (2007). Freedom Comes With Responsibility. Retrieved March 24, 2008, from Lexis Nexis.

The Economist. (2007, April 14), Whose tube?; Censorship and Internet. Retrieved on March 24, 2008 from Lexis Nexis.

Pfanner, E. (2007, April 27). Putting A Box Around The Tube; Governments see risk in Internet sharing sites. The International Herald Tribune. Retrieved March 27, 2008 from Lexis Nexis.

The Irish Times (2006, August 4), Judicial Conservatives Open to Protecting Digital Rights. Retrieved on April 6, 2008 from Lexis Nexis.

Brownstein, B. (2007, June 15) , Pay TV Continues To Offer A Grand Payload. Montreal. Retrieved on April 6, 2008 from Lexis Nexis.

The Press Report. (2008, March 13), World Internet Security Still Very Weak. Retrieved on March 20, 2008 from Lexis Nexis.

Research Proposal

EAP2
Research proposal 1
Airi Murasaki
2008/04/10

YouTube Censorship

I became interested in censorship of YouTube. YouTube is shared with a lot of people all over the world. We can watch videos and put videos on this site anytime. The site is actually convenient and interesting. However, You Tube had claims from many countries. Their site shows people in the world in immoral clips. According to the Nation (2007), people in Thailand got hurt from a clip on You Tube. The content of the clip was denying the majesty of an individual. The problem was showing knocking video to people in the world for just fun, although people feel so bad. The clip was seen 16,000 times by people around the world (The Economist, 2007, para.3) They don't care about it. YouTube has no responsibility to manage this site, although the same problem happened in China before. They said no, when people asked them to remove the clip. They needed to have censorship if clips should be shown or not. In fact, YouTube has no censorship policy.

In my paper, I plan to argue that You Tube should watch out if every video is right or not. First, YouTube is spiteful. Next, they admitted to putting on immoral and wrong videos. In addition, they have no responsibility for their work. In conclusion, YouTube affects people on the Internet.

I have found a variety of articles that show You Tube has a disadvantage. Also, I have found many authors who criticize You Tube. I still need to find an article about how YouTube has problems with people in countries.
Reference

The Nation(Thailand).(2007). Freedom Comes With Responsibility. Retrieved March 24, 2008, from Lexis Nexis.
The Economist (2007, April 14), Whose tube?; Censorship and Internet. Retrieved on March 24, 2008 from Lexis Nexis.
Pfanner, E (2007, April 27) Putting A Box Around The Tube; Governments see risk in Internet sharing sites. The International Herald Tribune. Retrieved March 27, 2008 from Lexis Nexis.
The Irish Times (2006, August 4), Judicial Conservatives Open to Protecting Digital Rights. Retrieved on April 6, 2008 from Lexis Nexis.
Brownstein, B (2007, June 15) , Pay TV Continues To Offer A Grand Payload. Montreal. Retrieved on April 6, 2008 from Lexis Nexis.
The Press Report. (2008, March 13), World Internet Security Still Very Weak. Retrieved on March20, 2008 from Lexis Nexis.

Freedom comes with responsibility

EAP2
Airi Murasaki
2008/04/1
Freedom comes with responsibility

The Nation (2007), in “Freedom comes with responsibility” said that You Tube has to have censorship, because they repeated the same harm to the countries in the world. In a debate between people in Thailand and You Tube, You Tube is comparing the king of Thailand and George Bush. You Tube is claiming that they are using freedom of speech in making fun of the king of Thailand. Those video clips are very harsh for people in Thailand. You Tube’s problems are individual harm, freedom with no responsibility, and mischief for people in the world.

First, You Tube hurts individual things in the world by showing video clips. One country is a splendid individual. All of the people in all over the world can watch videos and put in any videos, even if it is harmful one for somebody. You Tube has no responsibility for that work. For example, they don’t care if we put any knocking videos for somebody on the site. Actually, people’s dignity has been lost so far. This is the big international problem.

Second, freedom in this world means peace with responsibility anytime. You Tube is not controlling freedom, because although they are using sharing videos they keep having mistakes. For example, they talk about freedom, but there are too many objections. They should be right by using censorship to show a lot of videos in the world. Anybody can share and put videos on the site anytime. People should share only right videos.

Third, You Tube seems cowardly. Although they made the same problem as Thailand for China before, they did it again. This is because Thailand is so much less powerful compared to China. Such actions are inconsistent with good sense. We can not think that You Tube works well and have good effect for people the same situation.

In conclusion, YouTube has invaded a lot of individuals so far. They need to have responsibility to manage this site as freedom. And they should show us only good clips except being wicked for somebody. I suppose that responsibility supports freedom. You Tube is also used in good ways by people in the world. So they still should be more right by using censorship.

Reference
The Nation (2007, April 10), Freedom comes with responsibility. Retrieved on March 24, 2008 from LexisNexis.

Whose tube? ; Censorship and Internet

EAP2 Summary/ Response
Airi Murasaki
3/26/2008
Whose tube? ; Censorship and Internet

The author of “whose Tube ? : Censorship and Internet” (April 14, 2007) said that You Tube should have the morals to edit online videos, because they have problems among a lot of countries. In Thailand, it was blocked because of offending the government. You tube said that the site had not done any illegal thing. There are materials that are offensive materials on the grounds of race, religious things, sex, and terrible violence. They need to use editorial power and have responsibility. This article’s problems are bad influence, responsibility, and relationships with another countries.

First, they should use the power to edit the videos. All people can watch the videos in the world. They should have enforce sense of modesty to follow You Tube. Infection should not happen to kids. For example, there are sex, violence, and racism. These are not good for children’s education. They have to be protected from these things.

Second, the company should manage the site rightly. They have a duty to oversee all the time, because You Tube can be shared with anybody. Any company can succeed by the right work with responsibility. The policy makes them good and big. Lately, trust is so important in our society. Because trust makes our relationship good in globalization.

Third, relationships between countries are so important in the world. You Tube that is shared with so many countries though Internet all over the world. It shows us a variety of videos anytime. They are including about religion and race. So they should not release unlike things or biased things. These cause problems with a lot of countries. If You Tube is over look all the time, they have good relationships with countries.

In conclusion, You Tube gives us bad influences. And, they have to show us videos with responsibility. Next, the company should try to make good relationships with being directed and edited for kids and people in the world. Therefore, censorship on the Internet is very important. People also use the Internet rightly.

Reference
The Economist (2007, April 14), Whose tube? ; Censorship and The Internet. Retrieved on March 24, 2008, from LexisNexis 03/24/2008.