censorship

(noun)

The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated.

Related Terms

Examples of censorship in the following topics:

  • Gatekeeping

    • Censorship is the suppression of speech or other public communication that may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient as determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling body.
    • It can be done by governments and private organizations or by individuals who engage in self-censorship.
    • Censorship occurs for a variety of reasons including national security; to control obscenity, child pornography, and hate speech; to protect children; to promote or restrict political or religious views; to prevent slander and libel; and to protect intellectual property.
    • Discuss the concept and implications of the gatekeeping process and censorship

  • The "Act" of Speaking: Lies as Political Language

    • Phenomena such as demagoguery, sycophancy, campaign oratory, and propaganda clearly lend themselves to analysis in these terms, so does censorship, jamming, and other methods of preventing communications.

  • German Bauhaus Art

    • Germany's defeat in World War I, the fall of the German monarchy, and the abolition of censorship under the new, liberal Weimar Republic allowed an upsurge in artistic experimentation.

  • Cultural Wars of the 1990s

    • He argued that, on an increasing number of hot-button defining issues (such as abortion, gun politics, separation of church and state, privacy, recreational drug use, homosexuality, and censorship issues), there existed two definable polarities.

  • Culture Wars

    • He argued that on an increasing number of "hot-button" defining issues, such as abortion, gun politics, separation of church and state, privacy, recreational drug use, homosexuality, and censorship issues, there existed two definable polarities.

  • Making "Artistic" Photographs

    • Similarly, photography has also has effects in the area of censorship law, and freedom of expression, particularly when nudes are involved.

  • Privacy Rights and National Security

    • Taken to its logical conclusion, this view contends that measures like mass surveillance and censorship of mass media could ultimately lead to an Orwellian dystopia.

  • Sanctions

    • These actions might include censorship, expulsion, restrictions on political freedom, or violence.

  • Sources

    • The many open source anti-surveillance and censorship-circumvention tools supported by the Open Internet Tools Project.

  • Joseph II and Domestic Reform

    • He ended censorship of the press and theater.
    • Popular revolts and protests—led by nobles, seminary students, writers, and agents of Prussian King Frederick William—stirred throughout the Empire, prompting Joseph to tighten censorship of the press.