Censorship- Does it make a mockery of the arts? - Support

Why does censorship make a mockery
of the arts
Why do you think state censorship makes a mockery of the arts
(Please select the TOP 3 reasons for your opinion)
55% 56%
53%
50%
43% 41% 42%
40% 38% 37% 38%
35%
37% 35%
35%
20% 22%
16% 14% 13% 14%
2% 1%
4%
60%
Those who believe it
makes mockery of the
arts= 402
48%
43% 41%
30%
23% 21%
1%
Total GCC North Africa Levant
It is against freedom of expression
It blocks the message(s) the artist is trying to convey
Each member of the society should be able to decide on his/her own what they want to be exposed to rather than having this ‘dictated’ by the state
Censorship is just another concept ‘invented’ by those in power to ‘control’ the masses
Art is about pushing the boundaries/taking people out of their ‘comfort zone’, which cannot happen in the face of censorship
It is a form of repression
It is a sign of backward thinking
Other
Among those surveyed across the region, the fact that it is ‘against freedom of expression’ (55%) emerged as
the main reason why they felt state censorship makes a mockery of the arts. Many were also concerned it
‘blocks the message(s) the artist is trying to convey’ (43%), that ‘each member of the society should be able to
decide on his/her own what they want to be exposed to rather than having it dictated by the state’) (41%) and
that ‘censorship is just another concept invented by those in power to control the masses’ (40%)
Relatively speaking, respondents from the Levant were most likely to believe ‘censorship is just another
concept invented by those in power to control the masses’ (48%)