User:Mljonir/Censorship in Guatemala

Haley Plamondon October 25, 2016 Annotated Bibliography

Buckman, Robert. "Returning To The Fold?." Editor & Publisher 127.14 (1994): 18. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.

Will be used as an example of how governments punished newspapers in Guatemala, but also how people fought back, and what the signified in a change of censorship culture in Guatemala.

CENSORSHIP RIGID IN GUATEMALA NOW. (1947, May 14). New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/docview/107940721?accountid=14784

Another example of censorship laws, although this one is the earliest in the 40s. Will use to help map a view on how censorship laws changed over time in Guatemala.

@FreedomHouseDC. "Guatemala." Freedom House |. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2016. .

The freedom press page gives a good overview of Guatemala’s current level of governmental and legal press restrictions. It is a good place to get a basic idea of the kind of press freedoms and restrictions given to journalists in Guatemala going back the past few years. Speaks of the restriction to press for indigenous groups.

Guatemala censorship order. (1982, Jul 07). New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/docview/121981305?a countid=14784

Newspaper Article about a government mandate censoring and outlawing all subversive pieces about the war with guerilla activists. Will be used as piece of evidence while talking about wartime government censorship.

Hopkinson, Amanda. "Guatemala: Expanding the Air Waves." Index on Censorship 20.9 (1991): 28. Web. 25 Oct. 2016. .

Will be used to analyze the roll of radio in Guatemalan press culture, and the ways in which the government monitors it, especially with radio stationed operated by indigenous people, in the 90’s.

Palencia, Tania. "Guatemala Today." Index on Censorship 17.5 (1988): 111. Web. Oct. Nov. 2016. .

Talks about both political and cultural censorship in Guatemala in the 80’s, especially the repression on indigenous groups. Gives good overview on how culture norms including lack of education also plays into censorship, and will be used to find how things have and haven’t changed.

Rockwell, Rick J., and Noreene Janus. "Chapter 5." Media Power in Central America. Urbana: U of Illinois, 2003. N. pag. Print.

Speaks deeply on the topic of indigenous radio stations allowed after the 1991 peace talks between the government and guerilla forces. Also talks of the trend of most major programs being dominated by government controlled conservative groups, and major people in charge of the media.

Shea, Maureen E.. Culture and Customs of Guatemala. “Chapter 4” Westport, US: Greenwood Press, 2000. ProQuest ebrary. Web. 26 October 2016.

Talks about the four major newspapers in Guatemala and the culture surrounding the press and journalism in the country. Also speaks on the intimidation, beatings, and murder that happened to journalists in the latter half of the 20th century.

Vela, Shahrazad M. E. La Lucha Por Un Espacio: Guatemalan Journalists Fighting Against Censorship and Violence, The University of Arizona, Ann Arbor, 2016.http://search.proquest.com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/docview/1805571113?accountid=14784.

A look at Guatemalan press issues in both the past a present; wonderful overview of government non-protection of the press and how they were/are used to operate in times of peace and war. Gives first hand accounts, and reports on the violence all journalists face in the country.