Government Control of the Press in the United Arab Republic, 1952–70

1972 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 340-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adnan Almaney
Keyword(s):  
Government Control ◽  
United Arab Republic ◽  
The Press

Although Nasser completely controlled the Egyptian press soon after gaining power, political reasons later compelled him to nationalize the newspapers.

Licensing Journalists in Latin America: An Appraisal

1996 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 878-889 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry W. Knudson
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
The United States ◽  
Professional Standards ◽  
Court Decisions ◽  
Government Control ◽  
Military Regimes ◽  
The Press ◽  
University Degree

The issue of professionalization of journalism and therefore of how to achieve professional standards has been of concern to journalists and to the general public for many years.1 In Latin America, one attempt at professionalization - the development of the colegio - has garnered some praise and has raised concerns about government control. Probably no issue in recent years concerning the Latin American press has aroused greater opposition or misunderstanding in the United States than the system whereby anyone must have a university degree in journalism and/or be a member of a colegio - a professional association - in order to practice journalism. Despite recent Supreme Court decisions in the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica against obligatory licensing by their colegios of journalists, the institution is gaining headway in Latin America as a whole. Opponents maintain that the colegio system imperils freedom of the press. But others assert it raises professional standards and increases salaries. The author of this study notes that colegios frequently uphold freedom of expression under dictatorial or military regimes, and that opposition by publishers to colegios seems to be based on economic rather than “free press” grounds.

The Compatibility of Advertising Regulation and the First Amendment—Another View

1982 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert J. Rotfeld
Keyword(s):  
First Amendment ◽  
Government Control ◽  
Advertising Regulation ◽  
Regulatory Constraints ◽  
The Press ◽  
Regulatory Law

By analyzing the different legal, philosophical, and historical roots of advertising-regulatory law and the First Amendment, this study (a) indicates why advertising's regulatory constraints should not be seen as a precedent for regulation of the press, and (b) gives guidance to marketers as to which aspects of their advertising will probably be seen as protected by the First Amendment and which will probably be subject to regulation and government control.

Life And Work of a Journalist

2020 ◽  
pp. 117-126
Author(s):  
Phạm Trần
Keyword(s):  
Armed Forces ◽  
Government Control ◽  
Second Republic ◽  
South Vietnam ◽  
The Press ◽  
First Republic ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government

This chapter recounts the major events and developments in the press scene in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN). It first considers the press under the First Republic (1960–1963) and afterward the Second Republic (1963–1975). Under the First Republic, the press was controlled in two ways to keep it from opposing the government. First, the government gave newspapers coupons to buy newsprint at subsidized prices. Next, all the newspapers had to work with the exclusive distributor Thống Nhất, a commercial entity under government control. From 1964 until 1965, the press in South Vietnam was very much controlled by the various semicivilian, semimilitary governments and was heavily influenced by the armed forces. To conclude, the chapter briefly discusses the Press Law and other forms of press control in today's communist Vietnam for the purpose of comparison.

Balancing Trust in Media and Trust in Government during Political Change in Taiwan

1994 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 628-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert C. Gunther ◽  
Yah-Huei Hong ◽  
Lulu Rodriquez
Keyword(s):  
Print Media ◽  
Political Change ◽  
Television News ◽  
Trust In Government ◽  
Government Control ◽  
Political News ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Media

This study examines audience perceptions of news during a change in the press system of Taiwan. Because Taiwan has considerably relaxed its censorship of print media, we speculated that people would trust newspapers more than television. Nevertheless, television news, despite its control by government, was viewed as more credible. However, the gap narrowed considerably when people were asked specifically about political news. People also were expected to increasingly distinguish their trust in government from trust in media as they perceived the media-government relationship to be changing from cooperative or controlled to independent or adversarial. Here, the data revealed a balancing phenomenon: people more conscious of diminishing government control over media were more likely to dissociate the two institutions.

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