Censorship can never be justified. Do you agree?
Censorship is the psychology prevention of disturbing or painful thoughts or feelings from reaching consciousness except in a disguised form. To justify is to declare innocent or guiltless. There are many types of censorship such as media censorships, censorship of music and transparency of government.
Media compromises of television, radio, newspapers and even blogs. Blog is considered as a dairy that is available for all to see. People can share their views there and even comment on other people’s blog entry. "Bloggers are often the only real journalists in countries where the mainstream media is censored or under pressure," Reporters without Borders said on its website. There is more freedom of speech in blogs although there are still limitations of each comment. Some parts of the films we watch in cinemas are censored (such as pornography), as the authorities feel that it is inappropriate to show the contents to the audience. Hence, there will be a lot of information loss since there will not be a complete information on what is happening in the world. Innocent teenager might not be able to differentiate the right and wrong doing from the films, if they do not see or heard of the consequences anywhere.
However, there are limitations to this freedom to speech in media. Some people might abuse the power to voice out. In June, Microsoft's MSN Spaces site in
Censorship of music is seen as a threat to musicians. There will be a smaller range of music to listen to if the type of music available is controlled. Quoted from an article: They can't stop me from recording my music, but they will do that to up-and-coming musicians, like youngsters," Mapfumo told BBC World Service's The Music Biz programme.
"If they try to record a song like mine, they will be told they are not allowed to record in any studio. That's depriving those youngsters."
So, censorships of music not only affect the consumers for the particular type of music, but also the producer of it. The entertainment vale of music will hence drop. But the limitation of this censorship is that this music can be produced in other countries, smuggled in and distribute to people there.
Some organizations might not be giving the information we need or suppose to know. For instance, the NKF issue was a big one in
In conclusion, censorships can or cannot be justified, depends on the situation. Hence, I cannot have a clear decision on censorships being or not justified.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4271062.stm
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