Cursing

The article "Freedom's Curse" discusses cursing and profanity and the things the FCC is trying to do to censor it. The FCC has deemed some words acceptable, but may not be used in a sexual manner.

The article I read is titled "Talking a 'Blue' Streak: Context and Offensive Language in Prime Time Television". This article discusses the places where cursing is used, their frequency, and the effect it has both psychologically and socially. While "Freedom's Curse" is in a way shedding like on the idea of curse words and deeming them to be acceptable, "Talking a 'Blue Streak'" solely discusses the negative effects these words have, and labels them as verbally aggressive. One similarity is the case of the FCC, particularly with Bono. 

Based on the research in the second article, they found that out of seven television networks, over the course of prime time, a curse word was used approximately every eight minutes.

The article can be viewed at here.