Wednesday, March 18, 2009

In some countries, television and radio programs are carefully censored for offensive language and behavior. In other countries, there is little or no

“In some countries, television and radio programs are carefully censored for offensive language and behavior. In other countries, there is little or no censorship.”


Each countary each society have there own culture own way of communicationg ,they have their own social taboos and their own fuss about certain issue.The upbringing ,openness of a social system decide whether what is offensive langauage or behaviour or content of programme on electronic media .

Take a very crude example in India at a public place showing off love affection between opposite sex is strictly no no,in western countaries it is encouraged rather people enjoy it.In India it is rather hypocrasy, the people who object on all these issues by taking the guard of social norms

They themselves violated them by some way or other by so called moral policing and by humilating females unabashed.which is rather henious.

In India or Islamic countaries programme ,movies, etc are censored for offensive language.One reason which seems genuine is it gives wrong effect on our innocent new generation of childlren and they should be kept away from all this vulgarity .

On the other hand by adult people showing dissident on objectionable content which has been created by one of there contemporary person and occasionally, it exposes the bitter truth of the certain issue while presenting things as they are happened.This is one of our right to information as well as freedom of speech.But same time these contents should not provoke any wrong sentiment to a multi ethinic population of a countary which is very much applicable for a democratic country.

some time a truth which can be harmful for peace and harmony of a nation should not be expressed in public domain particularly in its visual representation which make a deep negative impact on innocent ,unbiased mindset of young generation.In these kind of situations censorship is justified and govt. control and regulation on media is genuine but govts. should not abstain from telling truth in indirect ways.This is the right of the citizen of their country to know reality.

In middle east countaries which are more or less pure Islamic nations have very high restrictions on women liberty of any kind ,they are bound to follow strict Islamic code of conduct but same time those imposers of this code of conducts very much enjoy bollywood movies ,hosting events on similar kind for entertainment.

So sometimes the censorship of a country's electronic media is in control of few handful of hypocrites.

A content of a programme if divulge the truth with out effecting sentiments of a particular community or individual and not putting any negative impact on innocent minds of budding generation then only it is a right kind of censorship.

However in case of children it is a moral and necessary responsibility of their parents or gardians that they never let the children get expose to any wrong kind of content through electronic media which make a negative impact on their psyche.

Western countries where censorship is very limited their people are more prone to indulge in crime and severity of commiting it is more intense. Recently we have heard about lot of frequent school ,college shootouts where adolescent teenagers try to mimic what is shown in a irated violance in a movie ,tele serial or even in an ad film of a product.

It is true that harsh realities faced by an individual compel him to choose right or wrong path in future course of life according to circumtances.

So the censorship on media content to be limited in such a manner that it awaken the massage rather than provoking them for some mindless act.

But at last the big question remain who will draw the thin line between censoring a wrong content and hiding a vital information or fact which is to be known by every one??

1 comment:

  1. Drawing thin line is most difficult task even for GOD also. But my take on some issues like comparing showing public love and abusing female is different in nature. those who abuse female in public and private place is the utmost heinous act, but showing love in public place is also not so good thing in indian context. As these things can lead to total demolition of indian culture in future.
    But other issues raised here are true in their nature.

    All the best and keep the spirit up :)

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