C.s work Propaganda/ censorship

So i am going to look at propaganda and censorship, first their overall definition of the words; then branching into how these factors link into online gaming and abusive players.

The history of censorship dates back thousands of years back to Roman times, i found a full description of censorship throughout history, at this website. 

http://www.beaconforfreedom.org/liste.html?tid=415&art_id=475 

Definition

1. Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication or other information which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, politically incorrect or inconvenient as determined by governments, media outlets, authorities or other such entities.

Censorship has followed the free expressions of men and women like a shadow throughout history. In ancient societies, for example China, censorship was considered a legitimate instrument for regulating the moral and political life of the population. The origin of the term censor can be traced to the office of censor established in Rome i 443 BC. In Rome, as in the ancient Greek communities, the ideal of good governance included shaping the character of the people. Hence censorship was regarded as an honourable task. In China, the first censorship law was introduced in 300 AD.

censorship

 noun   

Act of changing or suppressing speech or writing that is considered subversive of the common good. In the past, most governments believed it their duty to regulate the morals of their people; only with the rise in the status of the individual and individual rights did censorship come to seem objectionable. Censorship may be preemptive (preventing the publication or broadcast of undesirable information) or punitive (punishing those who publish or broadcast offending material). In Europe, both the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches practiced censorship, as did the absolute monarchies of the 17th and 18th centuries. Authoritarian governments such as those in China, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, and the former Soviet Union have employed pervasive censorship, which is generally opposed by underground movements engaged in the circulation of samizdat literature. In the U.S. in the 20th century, censorship focused largely on works of fiction deemed guilty of obscenity (e.g., James Joyce's Ulysses andD.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover), though periodic acts of political censorship also occurred (e.g., the effort to purge school textbooks of possible left-wing content in the 1950s). In the late 20th century, some called for censorship of so-called hate speech, language deemed threatening (or sometimes merely offensive) to various subsections of the population. Censorship in the U.S. is usually opposed by theAmerican Civil Liberties Union. In Germany after World War II it became a crime to deny the Holocaust or to publish pro-Nazi publications.

Propaganda Definition

In general, a message designed to persuade its intended audience to think and behave in a certain manner. Thus advertising is commercial propaganda. In specific, institutionalized and systematic spreading of information and/or disinformation, usually to promote a narrow political or religious viewpoint. Originally, propaganda meant an arm of the Roman Catholic church responsible for 'de propaganda fidei,' propagation of the faith. It acquired negative connotations in the 20th century when totalitarian regimes (principally the Nazi Germany) used every means to distort facts and spread total falsehoods.

Own definitions of each

I am going to write a small definition of both propaganda and censorship, to help me write my small section on this area for my C.s work

Censorship

Censorship is the act of hiding certain sensitive topics of the time, it is about controlling content that could be seen as rude, offensive or explicit. There are various censorship laws in place at the moment that regulates the media to make sure its content isn't abusive or offensive, that can take the form of racism, sexism or explicit content. 

Use's in my essay

• Censorship in games
• Free will in games - being an outlet
• The right to say what you want
• What can and cannot be said or shown in games
• Abusive content

Propaganda

Propaganda is primarily a political act, showing the community at large what they should believe, pushing an argument one way without showing the other side of the argument. Propaganda is a biased persuasive style of political or religious tact, normally showing a very narrow concept. That the mass's are normally force fed, examples being the holocaust or that foreigners are taking all our jobs.

Use's in my essay

• Messages in games
• players authority and hierarchy
• Narrow minded views of some affecting views of many.