Censor bars
Censor bars (or boxes) are a basic form of text, photography, and video[1] censorship in which "sensitive" information or graphics are simply occluded by a black, grey, or even white rectangular box. They have been used to censor various parts of images,[2] (including those found in video games),[3][4] in music videos in lieu of pixelization, for artistic/satirical purposes,[5] and in academic research.[6]
Illustrations of Censor Bar Usage
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A 1965 FBI surveillance photograph -
A heavily redacted page from the lawsuit American Civil Liberties Union v. Ashcroft -
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Censor bars applied to an academy painting -
Censor bars on a nude woman
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References
- ^ "Censor Box - Television Tropes & Idioms". Tvtropes.org. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
- ^ The Purple Decades: A Reader, Tom Wolfe, p. 78,[1]
- ^ Gender inclusive game design: expanding the market, Sheri Graner Ray, p.23 [2]
- ^ Context Providers: Conditions of Meaning in Media Arts, Margot Lovejoy & Christiane Paul & Victoria Vesna [3]
- ^ Banned in the media: a reference guide to censorship in the press, motion pictures, broadcasting, and the internet, Herbert N. Foerstel, p. 208 [4]
- ^ Click: The Forces Behind How We Fully Engage with People, Work, and Everything We Do, Ori Brafman & Rom Brafman, p.108 [5]
See also
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