Contemplating Life – Episode 101 – “Censorship and the Death of Print Media"
Description
In this episode, we look at the recent controversies surrounding the Indiana University student paper, the Indiana Daily Student, which was forced to shut down its print edition in favor of the online version. Then we take a broader look at the shift from print to digital media.
Links of Interest for this episode
Indiana Daily Student online edition: https://www.idsnews.com/
Indiana Daily Student on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Daily_Student
WTHR Channel 13 item on the controversy: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana-university-iu-media-school-stops-printing-daily-student-newspaper-co-editors-call-censorship/531-8b129b96-ccbb-4dd4-be3c-bb0377790c2e
Indianapolis Star article on IDS controversy:https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/jacob-stewart/2025/10/20/ids-nonprofit-iu-censorship-indiana-daily-student/86752612007/
1988 Supreme Court decision on school newspapers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazelwood_School_District_v._Kuhlmeier
“Follow the Money” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Follow_the_money
Cancellation of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”: https://www.today.com/popculture/tv/why-was-the-late-show-stephen-colbert-canceled-rcna224144
Jimmy Kimmel Suspension on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_Jimmy_Kimmel_Live!
Charlie Kirk on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Kirk
Tucker Carlson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Carlson
Purdue supplies newspaper to IU: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ZW90ZWnKk
Sagamore Archives: https://hdl.handle.net/2450/9995
The Campus Citizen: https://www.thecampuscitizen.com/
Floppy disk drive with USB interface: https://www.amazon.com/External-Floppy-Portable-Windows-Required/dp/B00RXEWOAA/
DECtape on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DECtape
YouTube statistics: https://www.oberlo.com/blog/youtube-statistics
Optical media preservation on Wikipedia: https://dvs.com/video/limited-lifespan-cd-r-dvd-r/
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