FREEDOM OF PRESS

CONTENTS OF PRESS FREEDOM

1) Censorship2) Political affiliation3) Objectivity and impartiality4) Media laws5) PEMRA

According to Ordinary meaning…..“Freedom of press is not an end in itself but a means to the

end of achieving a free society”

OR

According to The Universal Declaration of Human Rights…. "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression;

this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference, and impart information and ideas through any

media regardless of frontiers"

DEFINITION

According to survey of RWB (Reporters Without Borders)

WORLD WIDE PRESS FREEDOM

The country with the “Highest degree” of press freedom was

Finland Iceland Netherlands Norway Sweden

PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

The country with the “Lowest degree” of press freedom was

Eritrea North Korea Turkmenistan Iran Myanmar (Burma)

PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Pakistan ranked 152 on World Press Freedom Ranking

Press Freedom in Pakistan

CENSORSHIP

What is censorship Types of censorship Effetc of censorship on the freedom of press

Contents of censorship

Definition & meanings “Censorship is the suppression of speech or other

public communication which may be considered: Objectionable Harmful Sensitive

OR inconvenient to the general body of people as

determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling body”

1. CENSORSHIP

Cooperate censorship Military censorship Moral censorship Religious censorship Political censorship

Types of censorship

The act of becoming formally connected or joined.

Political Affiliations within a media source can influence the type of news and the angle in which this news is depicted.

Political Affiliations

Ideology

Friendship

Religion

Sect

Caste

Commercialism

Bases of Political Affiliations

Ideology

Friendship

Religon

Caste

Commercialism

Political affiliation leads to media bias. Corrupted mass media leads to

plutocracy . Due to media bias ideology is

superseded by popularity. Change the Voters mind. Impact on turn out.

Effect of Political affiliation on freedom of Press

Impatiality:“Impartial as not being biased and as unprejudiced.”Objectivity: “It defines objective as uninfluenced by emotional,

surmise, or personal prejudice; based on observablephenomena; presented factually”

OBJECTIVITY AND IMPARTIALITY

Media Law encompasses laws regulating radio and TV broadcasting to assure satisfactory service and to prevent chaos.

MEDIA LAWS

Pakistan has quite an interesting yet sometimes depressing history of laws relating to both print and broadcast media. Presently, most of the black laws have been done away with, but there are still many forms of regulation of the mass media that are still in place.

Media Laws Of Pakistan

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) is a regulatory body established by Pakistan on 1 March 2002.

PEMRA

Functions of the Authority.

PEMRA's Mandate.

An Overview of Electronic Media Development in the country.

Is PEMRA give freedom to press?

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