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Adam Burke
Collette Caton
Writing Seminar
21 October 2016
Annotated Bibliography
Denyer, Simon. China's Scary Lesson to the World: Censoring the Internet Works. Washington
Post, The Washington Post, 23 May 2016,
www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinas-scary-lesson-to-the-world-censoringthe-internet-works/2016/05/23/413afe78-fff3-11e5-8bb1-f124a43f84dc_story.html.

Rhetorical Precis
o Simon Denyer is the Washington Posts Bureau Chief in China and is a graduate
of Trinity College in Cambridge. In his artile Chinas Scary Lesson to the World:
Censoring the Internet Works he discusses how the effectiveness of the firewall
that has blocked certain information from being allowed into china for nearly two
decades. He compares this wall to other, physical walls, such as the Berlin walls,

stating that all walls fall at some point in time.

Keywords and Phrases.
o Firewall
o Business
o Just as one fell, so will the other be eventually dismantled, because information,
like people, cannot be held back forever.
o China is the worlds leader in e-commerce
o putting 1 in 4 of the worlds online population behind the Great Firewall.
Uses and Limits
o U Discusses the type of content blocked, such as protest pictures vs tourism
pictures.
o U Discusses loop holes in the wall.
o L Doesnt talk about how it could fall.
o U How businesses are effected.

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Gigaom: Apple News Censorship Reminds Us how Fleeting Digital Content is, Newstex,
Chatham, 2015. http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.rit.edu/docview/1721461602?
accountid=108.

Rhetorical Precis
o Nathaniel Mott is a Freelance Journalist out of New York who has worked at
several publishing and media firms including Gigaom, PandoDaily, and
AppStorm. In his Article that was published in Gigaom, Apple News censorship
reminds us how fleeting digital content is. He Discusses how governments can
influence companies to censor their content in that country. This article argues the
idea that digital content can disappear as quickly as it appears. Additionally, it
argues that Apple is being influenced by the Chinese government to not have the

app display stories that were previously downloaded.

Key Words and Passages
o Apple
o News
o Digital
o China
o It can all be taken away at a moment's notice -- and there's nothing we can do
about it.
Uses and Limits
o U Can be used to show that although digital content can be accessed easily,
sometimes it can be taken away.
o L Focuses on an application that has yet to be released in that country.
o L Does not explore how the app functions in other countries, outside the US.

Griffiths, James. China Holds 'World Internet Conference' as Censorship Intensifies.

CNNMoney, Cable News Network, 15 Nov. 2016,
money.cnn.com/2016/11/15/technology/china-world-internet-conference/.

Rhetorical Analysis

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o James Griffiths writes is a Digital News Producer based in China working for
CNN. In his article China Holds World Internet Conference as Censorship
Intensifies he discusses the World Internet Conference, which is being held in
China. During this time, US companies will try and be friendly with their Chinese

counterparts while the Chinese government justifies their decision to censor.

Key Words and Passages
o China
o Cyberterrorism
o Google
o Fire Wall
Uses and Limits
o U - Discusses reasons China says they block it for
o L - Doesnt talk about resonating other than what China says

"Google Shuts China Site in Dispute Over Censorship." Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom, vol.
59, no. 3, 2010., pp. 101-102
http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.rit.edu/docview/356888583?accountid=108.

Rhetorical Analysis
o The article titled Google shuts China site in dispute over censorship does not
have an author that is listed, it is published under name Anonymous in the
News Letter on Intellectual Freedom. The American Library Association holds the
Copyright. Within this article the withdrawal of Google from China is discussed.
The articles aim is to inform people of the censorship laws that corporations,
such as Google, must face put in place by the Chinese government. The article
argues the legal, moral and business factors that went into the decision to shut
down Google China while additionally discussing the events leading up to the

shut down.
Keywords and Passages
o Google
o Censorship

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Legal
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Attacks
The decision to shut down google.cn will have a limited financial impact on

Google
o Google's move was an isolated act by a commercial company, and that it should

not affect China-U.S. ties "unless politicized" by others.

Uses and Limits
o U Discusses multiple attributes of Googles departure.
o U Distinguishes the differences between government and corporate relations.
o U Can be used to show that US companies have morals about censorship.
o L Doesnt go into detail about what types of sources were being blocked.
o L Only briefly mentions other companies who have had issues with censorship.

Mozur, Paul. "Seeking Access to Facebook in China, Zuckerberg Courts Risks."National

Newspapers Premier; New York Times, Mar 20 2016,
http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.rit.edu/docview/1774434454?accountid=108.

Rhetorical Analysis
o Paul Mozur is an Asia Tech Correspondent for the New York Times and attended
Dartmouth College. In his article: Seeking Access to Facebook in China,
Zuckerberg Courts Risks he describes how Zuckerberg is attempting a smooth,
friendly approach when it comes to government officials; courting them. He
has been meeting with and kissing up to them. Paul Mozur argues that his
approach could open the doors for Facebook to enter the Chinese internet market.
This is a unique technique, which other executives have not attempted. More
traditional approaches, like that of LinkedIns executive have not had as great

success.
Keywords and Phrases
o China

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o If there is anyone Facebook has to win over, it is Mr. Liu, who has for years

presided over the controls on China's highly censored and stage-managed media.
o Facebook
o Censorship
o Technology
o Courting
Uses and Limits
o U Discusses approaches to life censorship bands.
o L does not discuss if it is working well, besides Zuckerberg sucking up.
o U Disuses the band of Facebook in China.

Tiananmen: Australia's Witnesses, Films Media Group, 2014,

fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=78909&xtid=58370.

Rhetorical Analysis
o This documentary, produced by the Australian Broadcasting Company, argues that
the Australian Embassys workers were a key asset in distributing the images and
news to the world, which would showcase the current events of the protests.
Without these men and woman, the news of this tragedy would have remained in
China and censored to the outside world. The Embassy staff had to smuggle these
images, such as those of the tanks running over people, using video tapes in
clothes as satellite and broadcast was blocked by the government; as censorship.
The Australian staff were putting themselves in danger by spreading this
information which was later shown when, bullets were found in many of their

apartments (after they were evacuated).

Keyword or Phrases
o Statue of democracy
o Students
o Protests
o Erased from history
o Hundreds of thousands of soldiers moved in
o Guns
o Shots
Uses and Limits

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o U Discusses the tragic events that took place in Tiananmen Square.
o U Describes how the Australian ambassadors snuck out video footage of the
protests.
o L Only discusses the Australians experience, not any other countries.
Wiseman, Paul. Cracking the 'Great Firewall' of China's Web Censorship. ABC News, USA
Today, abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id.

Rhetorical Analysis
o Paul Wiseman is currently working for the associated press as an economics
writer, although he previously worked for USA Today and graduated from Indiana
University, Bloomington. In his article Cracking the Great Firewall of Chinas
Web Censorship, which was published by USA Today, he describes how China
sensors online information from their citizens. He describes the differences
between China, who encourage internet use (filtered) and countries that ban the

internet altogether.
Keywords and Phrases
o Bottle Necks
o China
o Censorship
o Self-censorship
o Hacktivists
o The website NetEase fired two editors after they published a 2006 poll showing
that 64% of 10,000 participants would not want to be reborn as Chinese.
Uses and Limits
o U Discusses technology that goes into the censorship system.
o U Human assets, robberies.
o L Doesnt go into detail about how censorship technology works.

Zacks, Martin. U.S. Plans Office to Fight Internet Censorship. U.S. Plans Office to Fight
Internet Censorship - IEEE Xplore Document, IEEE, 10 Dec. 2002,
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1067730/.

Rhetorical Analysis

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o Martin Zacks Article was published in the IEEE Journal of Internet Computing.
In his article, he discusses a bill that was written that would give the US money to
start an office focused on combating internet censorship around the globe. This
bill appeared to be mainly focused on China, however, other countries were
mentioned as well. He also begins to go into depth about the complicated

Algorithms China uses to filter out content.

Keywords and Phrases
o ISP servers analyzes each bit and byte coming in and out to see if they meet
certain programmed criteria.
o China
o Censorship
o Office of Global Internet Freedom to fight foreign censorship.
o Court
o Freedom
U Goes more in depth of the technology
U Discusses the possibility of United States morals interfering
L Does not discuss country relations because of this bill.
L Doesnt talk in depth about how the US could break the wall.