B A T W O M E N T A Y L O R S

Part 1 - Lecture Reflection

Source: Mr. Philip's Lecture Slides

Authoritarianism and libertarianism are two types of system that most countries apply to their media system. Censorship that falls under authoritarianism’s characteristics requires manuscript to be read by the government agent before being released to public, which is also known as pre-publication censorship. The Chinese government practices authoritarianism has created the world’s largest pre-publication censorship apparatus, Chinese Firewall, to monitor and control incoming communications coming in to the country. Unfortunately, authoritarian controls are hard to suppress for long-term effectiveness, which is also one of the cause to the sign of loosening occasionally in China.

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As for libertarianism, it is free from any authority controls or any censorship. War acts as a libertarian test from combat reporting. The rice-roots reporting in Vietnam that had included many negative reporting has impacted the public’s rejection towards war. In our opinion, the freedom of press should be controlled to prevent any negative influences towards the society. In the other hand, the controlling of press freedom should not be too restricted as further information might not be able to reach out to public. Since the Internet is highly accessible globally, information and censorship might be hard to be controlled. Throughout the lecture, we have learnt that Japan, China and Arab apply different media systems. In conclusion, different countries practice different types of media system which influence each country’s political and economics views.