Reviewing the pressures to reform film censorship in Malaysia

Shuaib, Farid Sufian and Islam, Md. Zahidul (2015) Reviewing the pressures to reform film censorship in Malaysia. In: Global Multidisciplinary Academic Conference 2015 (GMAC 2015), 6th-7th April 2015, Langkawi Island, Malaysia. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Malaysia adopts a film censorship system where a statutorily established film censorship board determine exclusion of offensive scene from a film and determine the rating of the film. There were persistent pressures to modify or revamp this censorship system but the alternative is unclear. In order to understand these pressures and consequently the kind of reform required it is pertinent to identify the pressures and to understand the demand from such pressures. This study constitutes a preliminary study of this question that relies on secondary sources to identify and understand the pressures and such sources include newspaper reports and journal articles. The research found pressures from several sectors such as economic and political. Several issues also provide the pressures such as human rights and technological advancement. The understanding of these pressures will enable a proper response and reform to be formulated.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Additional Information:	1859/42787
Uncontrolled Keywords:	censorship, film censorship, society.
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) > H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences K Law > K Law (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws > Department of Civil Law
Depositing User:	Prof. Dr. Farid Sufian Shuaib
Date Deposited:	25 May 2015 11:35
Last Modified:	22 May 2018 11:19
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/42787

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