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Lauren ShanesyComm 201

In Electronic Media

Censorship

The American Library Association says censorship is “a change in the access status of material, made by a governing authority”

Censorship includes

Restriction

Exclusion

Removal

Of specific words, phrases, or ideas

Censorship in Electronic Media is the regulation and censoring of media sources such as...

Videos

Audio Recordings

Online Media

Digital Media

Slideshow Presentations (like this one!)

Radio

Censorship is used in the Electronic Media field

Television

Radio

Websites

Record Companies (Music)

Podcasts

Online publications

So What??

Important in Communication Studies because...

If you are outputting media to the public, you must learn to decide what is appropriate to release and what needs to be censored

Will people be offended by what you release?

How will you censor your information?

Criticized for...

Confliction with 1st Amendment

Censorship infringes upon

Right to Free Speech

Criticized for...

Disagreements arise over how much censorship is too much censorship

Where do we draw the line?

Fun FactMedia coverage (or lack thereof) effects public perception of a topic and/or issue.The public bases their opinions mostly on what media coverage they are shown (or sometimes not shown)

(Antilla, Flemming & Zhang)

What Does This Mean?

Censorship can sometimes be used to manipulate public opinion