Though a very difficult lecture to sit through, i found it very interesting. Censorship and Truth covers things such as cover ups of war photographs for politcal reasons, shock advertising techniques and the censorship of art, particularly works of younger children.
The lecture ends asking the question: how much of the media should be believed, however i feel that an increasing amount of people are beginning to question what they receive from media more and more. If this is not the case, then kill me now.
I personally feel that the censorship in media such as photography is slowly becoming less and less of an issue, particularly with the increasing use of the internet, however the internet itself has problems with such a problem itself, such as content creators, particularly reviewers of videogames and films whose videos are removed without so much as a warning by youtube using the excuse of copyright, despite many victims never breaking any copyright laws.
The lecture also brought to mind a documentary on the US film rating system called 'this film is not yet rated' , which, while not complete censorship, highlights the fact that rating systems can be abuse by their appliers in order to meet their needs, such as a judges homophobia leading to a film receiving a rating which means it isn't shown in cinemas at all, simply for including a homosexual kissing scene.
All in all it was a concerning lecture, however i do not feel that i will be affected by any of this in my professional career, as political animation is not the niche i would like to have as a creative.
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