Media CensorshipAlejandro BernalIann GonzalezEnglish B, 11º

Censorship Definition

When the public is retained from certain information by banning or

deleting it.

Withholding Information

When certain information is not given or is kept by someone in

order for it to not be known.

Destroying Information

When certain information is deleted or put out of existence so it can’t

spread or tell the information it has.

Altering Information

When certain information is changed or hidden from the public.

Self-Censorship

When someone withholds information in order for them to not

be punished.

Case Study (Altering Information)Israeli newspaper (HaMevaser) photoshops all women (including Angela Merkel ) out of the picture in Charlie Hebdo rally.

http://metro.co.uk/2015/05/14/five-times-censorship-the-out-of-for-no-reason-5196830/

Case Study (Destroying Information)This article talks about China banning some media outlets from reporting anything in an effort to tighten its grip over the country’s web and information industries.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-25/china-slaps-ban-on-internet-news-reporting-as-crackdown-tightens

Case Study (Withholding of information)This article says that in the 9/11 incident in 2001 actually the government was involved in the attack and they don’t want people to know.

http://www.ibtimes.com/911-conspiracy-theories-explained-what-really-happened-september-11-2413904

Case Study (Self-Censorship)This article talks about mexican gangs and their rise of murders compared to last year. Also gangs have increased the circulation of drugs in the country.

http://www.voanews.com/a/violence-among-mexican-drug-gangs-seen-increasing/3498456.html

ConclusionThis exercise helps us to differentiate between types of censorship that serve a different purpose, some of them modify information, some hide it, some use it in their favor and others eliminate it. Sometimes to discover this examples you should read the same news but from outlets from other countries, by doing this you spot the changes based either on religion or gender ideals.