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FREEDOM OF PRESS
CONTENTS OF PRESS FREEDOM
1) Censorship2) Political affiliation3) Objectivity and impartiality4) Media laws5) PEMRA
According to Ordinary meaning…..“Freedom of press is not an end in itself but a means to the
end of achieving a free society”
OR
According to The Universal Declaration of Human Rights…. "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression;
this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference, and impart information and ideas through any
media regardless of frontiers"
DEFINITION
According to survey of RWB (Reporters Without Borders)
WORLD WIDE PRESS FREEDOM
The country with the “Highest degree” of press freedom was
Finland Iceland Netherlands Norway Sweden
PRESS FREEDOM INDEX
The country with the “Lowest degree” of press freedom was
Eritrea North Korea Turkmenistan Iran Myanmar (Burma)
PRESS FREEDOM INDEX
Pakistan ranked 152 on World Press Freedom Ranking
Press Freedom in Pakistan
CENSORSHIP
What is censorship Types of censorship Effetc of censorship on the freedom of press
Contents of censorship
Definition & meanings “Censorship is the suppression of speech or other
public communication which may be considered: Objectionable Harmful Sensitive
OR inconvenient to the general body of people as
determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling body”
1. CENSORSHIP
Cooperate censorship Military censorship Moral censorship Religious censorship Political censorship
Types of censorship
The act of becoming formally connected or joined.
Political Affiliations within a media source can influence the type of news and the angle in which this news is depicted.
Political Affiliations
Ideology
Friendship
Religion
Sect
Caste
Commercialism
Bases of Political Affiliations
Ideology
Friendship
Religon
Caste
Commercialism
Political affiliation leads to media bias. Corrupted mass media leads to
plutocracy . Due to media bias ideology is
superseded by popularity. Change the Voters mind. Impact on turn out.
Effect of Political affiliation on freedom of Press
Impatiality:“Impartial as not being biased and as unprejudiced.”Objectivity: “It defines objective as uninfluenced by emotional,
surmise, or personal prejudice; based on observablephenomena; presented factually”
OBJECTIVITY AND IMPARTIALITY
Media Law encompasses laws regulating radio and TV broadcasting to assure satisfactory service and to prevent chaos.
MEDIA LAWS
Pakistan has quite an interesting yet sometimes depressing history of laws relating to both print and broadcast media. Presently, most of the black laws have been done away with, but there are still many forms of regulation of the mass media that are still in place.
Media Laws Of Pakistan
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) is a regulatory body established by Pakistan on 1 March 2002.
PEMRA
Functions of the Authority.
PEMRA's Mandate.
An Overview of Electronic Media Development in the country.
Is PEMRA give freedom to press?
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