The Need for Internet Censorship at the Air Command and Staff College
Abstract
In this project, the researcher attempted to determine if ACSC should censor Internet access for its students. The methodology for conducting this research was 50 randomly distributed surveys. (See Figure 21) The results of these surveys were evaluated using frequencies to determine the level of responses for each question. At the completion of the statistical analysis, the researcher interpreted the descriptions of each question independently. Finally, the researcher selected six descriptors that were significant in refuting the research question. From the study, the researcher was able to determine that 83% of the population uses the Internet somewhere between five and eleven times per week. Within that population, 51% of the individuals at the ACSC used the Internet daily for less than two hours for non-work related purposes. The other forty-nine percent (49%) of the population never uses the Internet while physically located at the ACSC for non-work related purposes. Finally, only three respondents indicated they had used the Internet inappropriately based on the ACSC policy. Based upon the key findings, the answer to the researcher's question, posed above, is no. There is no need for censorship of the Internet at the ACSC. It has been demonstrated that through effective written and verbal communications, the ACSC has curtailed inappropriate Internet utilization, not from using tools that monitor or censor Internet utilization.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA398693
Entities
People
- Glenn S. Richie
Organizations
- Air Command and Staff College