Comparison of RAWA and IRSA websites

This is a comparison of the websites RAWA and IRSA.

This is an interesting comparison to attempt because both of these organizations have different goals they wish to obtain, but at the same time they are both attempting a social movement.

RAWA
The RAWA website seems to use shock value in an attempt to show the inhumanity of the treatment of Afghanistan women. All over the main web page there are pictures and articles to the horrible treatment of women.
Stylistically:
The RAWA website immediately hits you with a picture of people holding up a flag. This flag states Freedom, Democracy, and womens rights. Along with every statement that is in arabic or whatever language there is of course some English first. I would think that this shows that the website is for English speakers first.
Readability:
I would say that the readability is quite clear. There are no spelling errors or grammar issues that I can see, but more importantly the message they are trying to get across is clear. If you click on the tabs on the left side of the page it shows many articles which can be viewed in a multitude of different languages. This greatly increases the ability of a foreign person to see its cause.
Effectiveness:
I would see this site as being affective in that it astonishes the viewer because of the horrific images, but i would see many people being simply disgusted and turned away. So either a person wold see the pictures and realize what is going on, or be too disgusted to do anything. But it is not simply the images that make up the site. There are also many periodicals too. I think that this website has the ability to shock someone into supporting their cause.

IRSA
In looking at this website after looking at the RAWA website one cannot help but be a little disappointed. There is little information about the actual organization and only when one clicks on the links to the left do you actually see what they are fighting for.
Stylistically:
But if you do click on the "History and Principles" tab you will be given a wealth of information on the cause. This is a slightly different approach than the RAWA website in that instead of flooding the website viewer with images and many links, this website compacts it down. I do not think this website is at all trying to shock the viewer or sway them to its cause, but there is information on all aspects of the IRSA.
Readability:
This website is clearly only aimed at English speakers. Unlike the RAWA website there are no links or any instances of a language other than English. This would probably mean that the creators of the website either do not care, or do not want non-english speaking people to view their website.
Effectiveness:
I think the effectiveness of this website is inadequate at least when compared to the RAWA website. Unless you read all of the information it is unclear as to what the IRSM is trying to accomplish. It is clear that they are fighting for something, but what exactly it is is difficult to immediately grasp when visiting the page. The first and only paragraph does state why they exist but does not state what they are fighting for.

I think in comparing these two websites it is clear that some sites on the internet can clearly demonstrate their cause and what they are trying to accomplish, while others seem to be just sources of information. Although a website alone is not going to cause worldwide social change for the people who are fighting for that cause, it is another thing that they can be proud of in their fight.

Censorship in the News

School Library Journal
Short question and answer about recent school bannings of books.

Germany Banning book burning
Germany is banning the book burning celebration of 75 years since german citizens burned 25,000 books.

ClintonHerald
This article has some excellent quotes on Censorship in which I will use in my research paper.

Art in Censorship movements

This piece of cartoon art LINK
shows two men in military uniforms and one says to the other "Burned any good books lately?"
The man on the left is obviously Hitler because of his Nazi uniform and the man on the right has to be some kind of Western General.

Art censorship consists of looking at our freedoms or lack of freedom and critiquing them.


In this Photo a small girl cannot even talk because of the freedom of speech that is taken away from her.





Art consists of anything that shows that Censorship is wrong and the horrible effects it can have.
Censorship art can be done by anyone and it not closed in to any particular group.
The first artwork piece was found on the internet and the second is a piece of artwork done by Charles Moffet. Both of these pieces of art are mainstream.