Censorship Effects on Society | World Wide Women

Censorship is something that takes place in every country all around the world. Not all countries share the same forms of censorship or the same amounts of censorship, but in one way or another, all societies are affected by it. In a general sense censorship is the supervision and control of the information and ideas that are circulated among the people within a society. There are many different ways that censorship is implemented though. In the United States we are used to curse words being blocked out along with nudity which is most of the censorship we experience. In Poland and Ukraine however it is different. Censorship in those two countries is more like prevention by official government action of the circulation of messages. In Poland and Ukraine, the censorship that they experience has more of an effect on the societies, because they are not always exposed to the whole truth.

Media censorship can really hinder a society if it is bad enough. Because media is such a large part of peoples lives today and it is the source of basically all information, if the information is not being given in full or truthfully then the society is left uneducated. Both Poland and Ukraine experience this type of censorship but Ukraine experiences it more now because they are in a state of crisis. This type of censorship in these two countries is a setback in todays world. International communication and globalization are such major advances in our world, but if the information that is being given to these societies is one sided and only what the government wants them to hear, then they cannot fully understand and accept other countries and cultures.

Censorship is probably the number one way to lower peoples right to freedom of speech. When a journalist has to report on only what the government wants people to know, they do not have the freedom to express what they really want to. In the countries of Poland and Ukraine people have to be careful of the information they are putting out there because, although they are supposed to have the right to freedom of speech, there can be some serious consequences for their words and actions.

References:

http://www.worldissues360.com/index.php/how-censorship-affects-society-580/

http://www.targetgdpi.com/2014/03/media-censorship-good-or-bad.html

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