The Cyberporn Debate

Please read the first three articles in the following order. You have the Rimm study in your reading packets. The online version contains rather graphic and obscene language. If you choose to read this version, do so at your own risk. Give yourself time to read these articles. Print them if you wish, but start reading them NOW.

The Rimm Study: "Marketing Pornography on the Information Superhighway"

The text -- You have this article in your reading packets. Reader Advisory: The online version is OPTIONAL. Due to the nature of the studied material, Minors and Those Who Are Going To Be Easily Offended are hereby warned of strong language and sexual content.

Time Cover Story: "On a Screen Near You: Cyberporn" by Philip Elmer-Dewitt

A detailed critique of the Time article by Donna L. Hoffman and Thomas P. Novak

The Cyberporn Debate This site gives you a sense of the havoc the Rimm study wrought. Go here after you finished the previous readings. Give yourself time to read its contents.

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