English B 11º

1. Media Censorship
Alejandro Bernal
Iann Gonzalez
English B, 11º

2. Censorship Definition
When the public is retained from certain
information by banning or deleting it.

3. Withholding Information
When certain information is not given or is
kept by someone in order for it to not be
known.

4. Destroying Information
When certain information is deleted or put
out of existence so it can’t spread or tell the
information it has.

5. Altering Information
When certain information is changed or
hidden from the public.

6. Self-Censorship
When someone withholds information in
order for them to not be punished.

7. 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/

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Conclusion
This 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.