Problem
Restrictions on international freedom of information
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Restriction of movement of knowledgeRestriction on transfer of technology
Techno-nationalism
Nature:
Restrictions on the availability of national information to foreign media include: government secrecy; government control of information (both official data and propaganda); the expulsion of foreign correspondents and refusal of entry to others; and confiscation of articles, film, photographs, etc. Such restrictions hide existing injustices, inequality, exploitation and repression by keeping them closed to international scrutiny. They may encourage espionage and subversive activities or lack of cooperation and international tension. Most governments feel that they should be able to refuse imported programmes. Some use this position to censor TV and radio broadcasting.
Restriction of the movement of technical information may be used as a means of handicapping the productivity of other nations and as such is a form of techno-nationalism.
Broader Problems:
Restrictions on freedom of informationBarriers to the international flow of knowledge and educational materials Narrower Problems:
Advertising censorshipNational closed societyBroadcasting censorshipExpulsion of foreign correspondentsLanguage as a barrier to communicationRestrictions on the sharing of technical researchBarriers to transfer among educational facilities Related Problems:
Denial of freedom of thoughtRestriction of freedom of expression Aggravates:
ConspiracyLack of international cooperation Strategies:
Promoting international freedom of informationProtecting intellectual propertyRestricting movement of knowledgePromoting techno-nationalismCautioning against techno-nationalism Subject(s):
Communication → CommunicationsInformation → Information
Metapolitics → Political theories
Societal Problems → Restrictions
Technology → Technology
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
C: Cross-sectoral problems Date of last update
17.04.2019 – 12:18 CEST