The Encyclopedia
of World Problems
& Human Potential

Selective information

Name(s):

Partial censorship

Nature

When the public does not receive all the information it needs to make informed decisions, some form of news blackout or censorship has taken place; censorship being defined as the selective suppression of information, whether purposeful or not, by any method - including bias, omission, or under-reporting - which prevents the public from fully knowing what is happening in its society. Much citizen alienation from public life and citizen apathy may be due to this selective information and to a lack of reliable and usable information on critical issues.

Counter-claim

Since "all" of the information needed to make informed decisions is far more than even experts can comprehend and use, some mechanism for selection, sorting and digestion of information is required. To suggest that this process is a form of censorship renders the term meaningless.

Broader

Censorship

Aggravates

Selective perception of facts ^{[in 1 loop]}

Aggravated by

Official secrecy

Government manipulation of public information

Strategy(ies)

Using censorship

Using selective information

Value(s)

Type

(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

About UIA

The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a research institute and documentation centre, based in Brussels. It was established in 1907, by Henri la Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1913), and Paul Otlet, a founding father of what is now called information science.

Non-profit, apolitical, independent, and non-governmental in nature, the UIA has been a pioneer in the research, monitoring and provision of information on international organizations, international associations and their global challenges since 1907.

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