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Product details Paperback 284 pages Publisher Routledge; 1 edition (November 26, 2016) Language English ISBN-10 1138267570

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  Dr. Scott Beattie's "Community, Space, and Online Censorship. Regulating Pornotopia.," serves as a close analysis of the Australian Internet regulation regime, particularly the controversial Broadcasting Services Amendment Act of 1999. However, the issue of digital pornography is a vexing one and the book therefore draws a far broader audience than simply Australians. This book is not for the entire English speaking world though. Its vocabulary is very dense and intellectually demanding. Even the most interested of readers will find the book a heavy task. Dr. Beattie is highly versed in censorship laws and media regulation as well as cultural studies. His knowledge in these areas easily gives his work credibility and makes him a genuine expert on the material. He is able to not only give readers a well-constructed and thoughtful analysis of Australian media censorship but also a deep comparison of Australia's laws to those of its cultural influences the United States and England. Beattie also pays detailed attention to various genres of pornography while running through the history of various social movements attempting to regulate it. This brief but thorough timeline gives readers a solid background from which to draw reference from while reading about current movements. This book, while unfortunately very expensive, is a must have for academic institutions simply because of its wide coverage and relevance in the area of Online Censorship.
  For full review, see Interface, Berglund Center for Internet Studies at Pacific University.