Censorship of Media

Censorship

• Censorship is altering news, music, plays movies,etc. to become less offensive more more appealing to the audience
• The first amendment states the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press
• Censorship prohibits this freedom
• The problem is that media isn't delivering the news that is important or if they do, the media seems to focus on the case or event from one persepctive
• They censor the material which they feel vierwers wont care about however this violates American morals of freedom of speech and freedom of the press

Types of Censorship

• Protecting personal privacy
• Avoiding Graphic Details
• Masking secret information
• Serving the publics interest
• Hiding a Bias

Personal Privacy

• When a crime is committed, the victim or the accused want to conceal thier identity
• This way, he is protected from getting into college or getting turned down from getting a job
• For example, the media while not release the names of rape victims to the public to ensure they don't face public huimliation

Avoiding Graphic Details

• Crimes and violence acts can have graphic details
• The news has to decipher which graphic details they can share and which one to censor
• They have to do it in a way where the people will understand the events without revealing all the graphics
• In certain cases, extreme violence or sexual violence will be exempted from the news room

Mask Security Information

• When the government in involved in secret issues and a publication finds out, most likely the newspaper will publish a story
• The U.S. government keeps a certain amount of their work in secrecy
• A publisher will have a difficult time publishing a story about the government information which is to be concealed, the government will attempt to censor it

Serving the Publics interest

• In many cases, the news will share out stories that intrigue the public
• Even if the story isn't entirely important at the time, the news will still deliver it to compensate with the publics interests

Hiding a Bias

• In America, the news will censor an issue or even focus only on one aspect of the case or event
• The media will attempt to hide a bias however with the technology now a days (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) people are more prone to finding out the full story rather then what the news is delivering

Examples of Censorship

• Recently there has been a series of news stories that have either been censored or barely covered at all
• This is a theme which has been going on very frequently in the news

Chapel Hill

• Three young american muslim teenagers were killed by Craig Hicks
• Craig Hicks would post anti-muslim sentiments on Facebook
• The media delayed to cover the crime
• While the media tried to censor the atrocities of the crime by stating the killing was over a parking dispute
• Many believe however that the killing was due to a hate crime
• Example of serving the publics interest

ISIS

• ISIS is a terrorist organization which targets individuals and captures cities
• The organization is extremely violent and brutal therefore the media has the censor the graphics
• ISIS members take videos of them killing individuals and soon after they post them which poses a threat to other nations
• America censors the atrocities
• Example of avoiding graphic details

Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

• The on going dispute in Israel and Palestine over land has been covered by the media various times
• However, most of the media covers the situation in Israel rather than covering the occuring issues on both Palestine and Israel
• The United States and Israel are allies therefore the media is covering one side of the issue
• U.S. gives more funds to Israel than any other nation
• Example of hiding a bias

Ferguson Case

• Michael Brown was an unarmed teenager was shot by a white police officer named Darren Wilson
• After a long process the jury decided not to indict the police officer
• Many people were angry that the case was mainly censored ton only one aspect of the case

Works Cited

• "The Best of America: Kayla, Deah, Yusor, Razan." United States Patriotic Resistance Movement. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.
• Halbrooks, Glenn. "How Media Censorship Affects the News." N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015.