Media problem in china

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Sung-Hun


Media problem in china


In the article, “Media explosion tests China’s control” by BBC News, the author debates the problem of media in China. Zhao Wei, the paper’s home new editor said that because every editor gets a good discipline, they already know where they stop their print. However, Li Datong has another idea. He said they don’t edit, they’re censors and they should attend at least one meeting a week at the central propaganda department. One day he was fired because he challenged the government’s propaganda department. Besides he has been followed and the government bugs his phone. And then they threaten him. If he doesn’t say a fact to them, he will lose his job. That’s how they control the editorial content. Author states that government always censors your reports. So it reminds us we are under censorship that makes us really upset. Furthermore Because of crackdowns, people don’t even write their instruction down. Author said that nobody know how long this censorship would last.


I think we nearly don’t need internet censorship. First of all, if government always checks our article or essay, we can’t write our thinking ourselves. For example, suppose that a reporter knows a wrong fact done by government. If he writes that fact, government may give to him or her a penalty. So every report has to consider their censorship.


Another problem is that violent censorship influences the country’s development. Government and media should cooperate with each other. For instance, when government commits a fault, the media indicates that thing. If they do in this way, it’s good for the nation. However, serious censorship makes it go the opposite way.


However, sometimes censorship needs to us. You occasionally can see the disapprove article. It makes people confused. Sometimes, it may destroy a country. Actually, in Malaysia the whole city plunged in confusion in 1998 because of the wrong media.


In conclusion, we need proper censorship. Too much censorship brings a counter result and having too little censorship also is a bad situation. If the media and government have a good relation, the situation will be batter.


Reference

Sommerville, Q (2006, oct. 25), Media explosion
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6066568.stm

written by Sung-Hun