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Journalists' Safety and Multifaceted Censorship in Colombia

Journalists' Safety and Multifaceted Censorship in Colombia

Yennue Zarate Valderrama
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781799812982|ISBN10: 1799812987|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799812999|EISBN13: 9781799813002
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1298-2.ch016
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Valderrama, Yennue Zarate. "Journalists' Safety and Multifaceted Censorship in Colombia." Handbook of Research on Combating Threats to Media Freedom and Journalist Safety, edited by Sadia Jamil, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 298-318. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1298-2.ch016

APA

Valderrama, Y. Z. (2020). Journalists' Safety and Multifaceted Censorship in Colombia. In S. Jamil (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Combating Threats to Media Freedom and Journalist Safety (pp. 298-318). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1298-2.ch016

Chicago

Valderrama, Yennue Zarate. "Journalists' Safety and Multifaceted Censorship in Colombia." In Handbook of Research on Combating Threats to Media Freedom and Journalist Safety, edited by Sadia Jamil, 298-318. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1298-2.ch016

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Abstract

Safety of journalists has been studied as part of freedom of expression. This chapter seeks to address issues surrounding journalists' safety and censorship in Colombia by shedding light on a triple menace: the decrease in journalistic quality, citizens' right to information, and the influence on journalists' professional behavior by analysing the multifaceted press censorship from 2008 to 2012, which occurred before the Peace Accord between FARC guerrilla and former president Juan Manuel Santos. Media ethnography and in-depth interviews were used. Employing the Bourdieu's theory of professional field, the praxis, rationale, and censorship of journalists during the conflict were mapped. The findings shed light on how the censorship went on during a more stable period in the conflict and how journalists were silenced and threatened.

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