La censura: Una reflexión desde la visión Lationamericana

Abstract

The intention of this article is to present specific facts in history that exemplify methods and ways of repression towards the press. Governments of the left, right and dictatorships have used censorship for their benefit and in this way control the population with tactics such as lies and fear., The advancement of technology expands a horizon of tools that can facilitate the dissemination of information, but not by them censorship is eliminated, but it is also attacking these new scenarios.

It is important that communicators, journalists, and in general public opinion, take into account how over time censorship has played an important role within some governments and countries, which through repression and lack of information , or in some cases modified information, they seek to remain in power and eliminate contradiction options. Since, at present, a book or a thesis is not easily found on how censorship began to take place in the history of the world. This article, of documentary revision, allowed to gather reports of the United Nations, social movements, newspaper articles, among other documents, that gave account to recognize ways in which the censorship occurred in the antiquity and how it is manifested at present.