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Discusses government censorship and freedom of the press on the Internet; with reference to the Jan. 2000 Freedom House assessments in 186 countries.

A total of 273 journalists around the world died in accidents, were murdered, or died from other causes on the job from 1982 through 1989, this study shows. Latin America proved most dangerous, with high numbers of deaths reported in Colombia and Peru. Covering drug-related crimes proved particular, hazardous to the health of reporters. But a large number of journalists (41) also died in the Philippines in the period. About 12% of the journalist died in accidents, but an estimated 69% died in an act of revenge, this study concludes. The study provides totals for other world regions.

Aus US-amerikanischer Sicht

As communications technologies increase human-kind's ability to send more messages across greater distance at even faster speeds, the opportunities multiply for broader and deeper transnational information-sharing—but threats to the fair and free use of the mass media increase as well. The more massive the communications systems become, the smaller the number of communicators who can control what larger numbers of receivers can see or hear. The trend toward concentration of ownership of the mass media continues in the United States and other free countries but it does not seriously inhibit the choice of American citizens. Some Third World countries which have one-party systems and government-owned news media are slowly relaxing restrictions on domestic journalists. Harsh information controls in the Soviet Union and elsewhere have not provided successful models for the development of Third World countries. Developing nations have valid reasons to criticize Western coverage of their societies. Such objections need not be met by hampering the free flow of information—as press-control states contend—but by broadening and diversifying the flow of ideas.

As communications technologies increase humankind's ability to send more messages across greater distance at even faster speeds, the opportunities multiply for transnational information sharing. The threats to the fair & free use of mass media increase as well. The trend toward concentration of ownership of mass media in the United States & other free countries continues, but it does not seriously inhibit the choice of United States citizens. Some Third World countries which have one-party systems & government-owned news media are slowly relaxing restrictions on domestic journalism. Developing nations have valid reasons to criticize Western coverage of their societies. Such objections need not be met by hampering free flow of information, as press control states like the USSR contend, but by broadening & diversifying the flow of ideas. Modified HA.