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Anne-Marie Smith
A Forced Agreement: Press Acquiescence to Censorship in Brazil
A Forced Agreement: Press Acquiescence to Censorship in Brazil
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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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Smith, Anne-Marie
Published: 07/15/1997
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 9780822956211
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.55d
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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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Smith, Anne-Marie
Published: 07/15/1997
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 9780822956211
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.55d
