Censorship Fernando de la Parra, Patricio Gonzalez

DefinitionSuppressing information in the media, books, etc. Normally the suppressed parts, are

parts that are essential to the news, a good example is something that can reveal a

truth, or a secret.

Withholding information Withholding information is a type of censorship that concentrates on not letting

information to appear.

Ethics of Media Withholding Information About Kidnapped Journalists (http://www.wnyc.org/story/258181-blog-richard-engel/)

Even though in this example, it may be that they withheld information because of a

good, or an ethical reason, it is still a withhold of information, and it still is a type of

censorship. In this article, it is stated that a correspondent of NBC was kidnapped in

Syria. But it is also stated that not a single newspaper had reported it. But later that

week, when the reporters were set free by the Syrians all of the newspapers now

reported that he, and the rest of his crew was kidnapped, but are now put in safety.

Destroying informationWhen Information, or the source of that same informations is literally physically

destroyed.

Visit the Wrong Website, and the FBI Could End Up in Your Computer (https://www.wired.com/2014/08/operation_torpedo/)

According to this source, the FBI is normally monitoring most of our internet

navigation. And there have been many cases in which you enter a website that may be

dangerous, and the FBI may block it. Although they may say that they are doing this

because of our safety, and because they dont want many of the average people to get in

trouble, there is many theories going around saying that they are doing this because

those websites are publishing certain pieces of information that may jeopardize the

FBI, and the US government as well. And this has its certain truth, because there have

been many blogs blocked

Altering/Selective InformationWhen information in an article, media, etc. is altered in order to hide the truth or to

prevent it.

North Korean Leaders Rewrite History At Their Own Will (http://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/parallelt-thoughts/purged-01062014151151.html) Bloggers from North Korea reported that the government has been altering the history

of the country. It has been said that Kim Jong Il, and Kim Jong Un have been erasing

the names of important, historic persons, out of the history books and records. Besides

this being a huge problem to the society of North Korea, this is also a clear example of

how can some people alter the information into their own convenience, and alter the

history of an entire country.

Self-Censorship Self-Censorship is when the author himself suppresses the information that is being

public, sometimes this may be for security reasons.

Mexico’s Regional Newspapers Limit Reporting of Cartels’ Role in Drug Violence

(https://www.propublica.org/article/mexicos-regional-newspapers-limit-reporting-of-cartels-role-in-drug-violenc)

This special case of self-censorship is quite special, because in México, many of the

reporters that are sent outside of the city to report on the drugs cartels because of the

threats that the cartels are raising on the reporters. And this is a huge problem, because

like in México there are many reporters that feel threatened by other people, so they

don’t report the news to a 100%, they just write what they feel is sufficient enough so

the readers don't raise any questions, but sometimes this is evident. So this proves in

yet another way, how the media can be controlled by some few group of people, and

they don't even have to own the newspaper to do it, just with a threat they are altering

the media.

Conclusion In conclusion, we think that censoring information is a huge problem in the world, and

it is also very present in all of the countries in the world, the amount of information

that is being censor to us, the readers is ridiculous. And it is even worse that most of

the reporters let it happen. Their mission is to report the truth about what is

happening in the world, but most of the time they only feed a partial truth, or news

that aren't even vital to the world.