Title: A forced agreement
First published: 1997
Description: 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.
Subjects: Censorship, Freedom of the press, Journalism, Political aspects, Political aspects of Journalism, Politics and government, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Civil Rights, Persvrijheid, Censuur, Political Freedom & Security, Press, latin america, Freedom of the press, latin america, Liberté de la presse, Presse, Aspect politique, Politique et gouvernement
Places: Brazil
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PN4748.B6 S64 1997