The document discusses censorship in electronic media such as videos, audio recordings, online media, websites, television, radio, and slideshow presentations. Censorship involves the removal, restriction, or exclusion of specific words, phrases, or ideas by a governing authority and is important in communication studies because creators of media must decide what content is appropriate and may offend audiences. Censorship is also criticized for potentially conflicting with free speech rights and perceptions of how much is too much censorship.

1. In Electronic Media
Lauren Shanesy
Comm 201

2. Censorship
The American Library Association says
censorship is “a change in the access status of
material, made by a governing authority”
Censorship includes
Removal
Restriction
Exclusion Of specific
words, phrases, or
ideas

3. Censorship in Electronic Media is the regulation and
censoring of media sources such as...
Videos Radio
Online Media
Audio Recordings
Slideshow Presentations (like this one!)
Digital Media

4. Censorship is used in the Electronic Media field
Websites
Online publications
Television
Podcasts
Radio Record Companies (Music)

5. So What??
Important in Communication Studies because...
If you are outputting media to the public, you must
learn to decide what is appropriate to release and
what needs to be censored
How will you censor your
information?
Will people be offended by
what you release?

6. Criticized for...
Confliction with
1 st Amendment

8. Censorship infringes upon
Right to Free
Speech

9. Criticized for...
Disagreements arise over how much
censorship is too much censorship
Where do we draw the line?

10. Fun Fact
Media coverage (or lack thereof) effects public
perception of a topic and/or issue.
The public bases their opinions mostly on what
media coverage they are shown (or sometimes not
shown)
(Antilla, Flemming &
Zhang)

11. What Does This Mean?
Censorship can sometimes be used to
manipulate public opinion