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What is censorship?What is censorship?What is censorship?What is censorship?

Censorship - Supervision and control of the information and ideas that are circulated among the people within a society. In modern times, censorship refers to the examination of books, periodicals, plays, films, television and radio programs, news reports, and other communication media for the purpose of altering or suppressing parts thought to be objectionable or offensive.

Censorship - Supervision and control of the information and ideas that are circulated among the people within a society. In modern times, censorship refers to the examination of books, periodicals, plays, films, television and radio programs, news reports, and other communication media for the purpose of altering or suppressing parts thought to be objectionable or offensive.

WhatWhat is censored and is censored and Who Who censors?censors?

WhatWhat is censored and is censored and Who Who censors?censors?

WHAT?

◦ Speech

◦ Art

◦ Books

◦ Periodicals (published with set frequency)

◦ Films

◦ Plays

◦ Photography

Television programs

◦ Radio programs

◦ Internet (Web sites and e-mail)

◦ News reports

◦ WHO?

◦ Government

◦ Church

Private Pressure Groups

◦ Speakers, Writers and Artists (self-censorship) 

WHAT?

◦ Speech

◦ Art

◦ Books

◦ Periodicals (published with set frequency)

◦ Films

◦ Plays

◦ Photography

Television programs

◦ Radio programs

◦ Internet (Web sites and e-mail)

◦ News reports

◦ WHO?

◦ Government

◦ Church

Private Pressure Groups

◦ Speakers, Writers and Artists (self-censorship) 

Special elements and uses Special elements and uses of the censorshipof the censorship

Special elements and uses Special elements and uses of the censorshipof the censorship

Types of censorship: political, state secrets and prevention of attention, religion, educational sources, copy, picture, and writer approval, creative censorship, self-censorship

Censorship is being used for avoidance of offensive content

However, censorship can be a tool which hides the real information from the humanity

One of the best examples of the censorship is Soviet Union where everything was censored, even though some of the information would not offend people anyhow. It depended only on the governmental issues

Censorship is a necessary obligation of the authority to protect the moral and social order

Types of censorship: political, state secrets and prevention of attention, religion, educational sources, copy, picture, and writer approval, creative censorship, self-censorship

Censorship is being used for avoidance of offensive content

However, censorship can be a tool which hides the real information from the humanity

One of the best examples of the censorship is Soviet Union where everything was censored, even though some of the information would not offend people anyhow. It depended only on the governmental issues

Censorship is a necessary obligation of the authority to protect the moral and social order

An example of banned An example of banned advertisementadvertisement

An example of banned An example of banned advertisementadvertisement

This advertisement was banned due to moral issues. It was propagandising a death and made people feel uncomfortable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAMZPzjHYpY

Censorship is made to avoid the offensive content for the users, customers, people,etc.

It is important to take it into consideration in marketing campaigns.

This advertisement was banned due to moral issues. It was propagandising a death and made people feel uncomfortable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAMZPzjHYpY

Censorship is made to avoid the offensive content for the users, customers, people,etc.

It is important to take it into consideration in marketing campaigns.

How to prevent and avoid How to prevent and avoid censorship?censorship?

How to prevent and avoid How to prevent and avoid censorship?censorship?

Most of the content will be always censored but in order to avoid the total censorship is important to remember:

When starting a marketing company, it is important to remember that the censorship can vary in different countries and cultures according to the religious issues, traditions

For example, what is acceptable in European countries - the advertisements which contain naked parts of human body, will be possibly abandoned in muslim counties

For starting a marketing campaign, it is highly important to study a key country in order to understand what kind of restrictions can be meet in a way of promotion a certain product or a service

Most of the content will be always censored but in order to avoid the total censorship is important to remember:

When starting a marketing company, it is important to remember that the censorship can vary in different countries and cultures according to the religious issues, traditions

For example, what is acceptable in European countries - the advertisements which contain naked parts of human body, will be possibly abandoned in muslim counties

For starting a marketing campaign, it is highly important to study a key country in order to understand what kind of restrictions can be meet in a way of promotion a certain product or a service

The links had been used for The links had been used for description of this topicdescription of this topic

The links had been used for The links had been used for description of this topicdescription of this topic

http://gilc.org/speech/osistudy/censorship/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship#Censorship_by_country

http://media.okstate.edu/faculty/jsenat/censorship/defining.htm

http://gilc.org/speech/osistudy/censorship/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship#Censorship_by_country

http://media.okstate.edu/faculty/jsenat/censorship/defining.htm