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A Forced Agreement: Press Acquiescence to Censorship in Brazil
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997 eISBN: 978-0-8229-7490-1 | Paper: 978-0-8229-5621-1 Library of Congress Classification PN4748.B6S64 1997 Dewey Decimal Classification 323.4450973
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
During much of the military regime in Brazil (1964-1985), an elaborate but illegal system of restrictions prevented the press from covering important news or criticizing the government. In this intriguing new book, Anne-Marie Smith investigates why the press acquiesced to this system, and why this state-administered system of restrictions was known as “self-censorship.” Smith argues that it was routine, rather than fear, that kept the lid on Brazil's press. The banality of state censorship-a mundane, encompassing set of automatically repeated procedures that functioned much like any other state bureaucracy-seemed impossible to circumvent. While the press did not consider the censorship legitimate, they were never able to develop the resources to overcome censorship's burdensome routines. See other books on: Brazil | Censorship | Freedom of the press | Journalism | Smith, Anne-Marie See other titles from University of Pittsburgh Press |
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