What Makes Some People Self-Censor While Others Speak Out? Podcast

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Faced with the choice in their daily lives, their work or their politics, why do some people decide to keep quiet, to censor themselves in anticipatory obedience, even if they're not ordered to do so?

In this episode of The Conversation Weekly , we talk to self-censorship expert Daniel Bar-Tal about what drives people to censor themselves, and its consequences for society.

It was Daniel Bar-Tal's experiences serving in the Israeli army that prompted him to begin studying self-censorship.“ I was observing all kind of phenomenon that are going on within a country that is engaged in intractable conflict,” he told us. Bar-Tal, an emeritus professor in the school of education at Tel Aviv University, began to notice that self-censorship was essential in societies, like Israel, living in conflict. He explains:

Bar-Tal assembled a team of researchers from different disciplines to examine how self-censorship plays out across different sectors of a society, from politics to academia to journalism. They found three main motivations why people self-censor: as a defence mechanism for their in-group; out of fear; and to win rewards.

Listen to Bar-Tal talk about his research into self-censorship on the latest episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, which includes an introduction from Beth Daley, executive editor at The Conversation U.S. about self-censorship currently happening in parts of American academia.

This episode of The Conversation Weekly was written and produced by Katie Flood with assistance from Mend Mariwany. Gemma Ware is the executive producer. Mixing and sound design by Eloise Stevens and theme music by Neeta Sarl.

Newsclips in this episode from NBC10 Boston .

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