| Description |
1 online resource (179 pages) |
| Series |
Legal policy series |
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Legal policy series.
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| Contents |
I. Executive Summary and Summary of Recommendations -- Executive Summary -- Government Advertising-Related Abuses -- Other Forms of Soft Censorship -- The Pernicious Effects of Soft Censorship -- Reforming Government Advertising Laws -- Access to Information and Transparency Issues -- Country Conclusions -- Summary of Recommendations -- II. Introduction -- III. Regional and International Standards -- Other Regional and National Standards -- IV. Government Advertising-Related Abuses -- Abuse of Government Advertising to Directly Influence Content -- Direct Advertising Payments to Journalists -- Discriminatory Allocation of Advertising to Media Favorites and Political Allies -- Use of Government Advertising for Propaganda Purposes -- V. Other Forms of Soft Censorship -- Pressures on Media Owners and Professionals to Change Content -- Retaliatory Denial of Access to Government Institutions and Information -- Unfair Allocation of Broadcasting Licenses -- Other Forms of Financial Censorship -- VI. The Pernicious Effects of Soft Censorship -- VII. Reforming Government Advertising Laws and Practices -- VIII. Access to Information and Transparency Issues -- IX. Recommendations -- X. Appendix A: Country Background -- Appendix B: Legal Frameworks and Practices in the Surveyed Countries -- Appendix C: Examples of Transparency Failure in Surveyed Countries |
| Summary |
This report examines a growing trend in Latin America: behind-the-scenes government interference with media freedom and editorial independence. These abuses, characterized as "soft censorship," remain largely invisible to the general public, while casting a long, insidious shadow on free expression. In particular, this report documents government abuses of financial and regulatory powers over the media, such as those related to advertising and licensing processes, as well as other content-based interferences. It also describes forms of government pressure that may be very powerful and direct--such as ultimatums to fire vocal journalists--but which have remained unexposed and unchallenged. The study catalogues abuses in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Peru, and Uruguay. The Price of Silence: The Growing Threat of Soft Censorship in Latin America was jointly produced by the Association for Civil Rights (Argentina) and the Open Society Justice Initiative (New York). Country-specific research was conducted by the Freedom of Press Foundation (Colombia), Pro Acceso (Chile), the Institute of Press and Freedom of Expression (Costa Rica), the Press and Society Institute (Peru), the Uruguayan Press Association, and local researchers in Honduras.--Publisher description |
| Analysis |
government advertising journalists media abuses 'government advertising' officials coverage 'soft censorship' |
| Related To |
Available in Spanish as: El precio del silencio: Abuso de publicidad oficial y otras formas de censura indirecta en América Latina |
| Notes |
Title from PDF title page (viewed October 16, 2008) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Mass media -- Censorship -- Latin America
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Mass media -- Political aspects -- Latin America
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Freedom of the press -- Latin America
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Mass media policy -- Latin America
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Censorship -- Latin America
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Government and the press -- Latin America
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Censorship
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Freedom of the press
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Government and the press
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Mass media -- Censorship
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Mass media policy
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Mass media -- Political aspects
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Latin America
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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Open Society Justice Initiative.
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Open Society Institute.
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Open Society Foundation
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Open Society Foundations.
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| ISBN |
9781891385834 |
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1891385836 |
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