One of the main themes we have discussed in the past three weeks is the idea that censorship is not purely a repressive practice but that it also had productive and even creative elements to it. Taking into account the many different practices, ideas, and values described in the texts we have read, how has the phenomenon of cultural regulation actually made culture more interesting?
Looking back from our vantage point today, whether it is on the Old Regime in France or on the BBC in the 1920s, have attempts to control access to information and media ever succeeded in the long run?
