Date of Award
4-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Political Science
First Advisor
Patrick Donnay
Abstract
Recently there has been a lot of coverage on political censorship in Germany. Censorship has an important role in Germany due to WWII. In Germany support for freedom of the press has been declining in recent years. Right leaning political parties are emerging which has caused opposition parties to try and ban them. I analyze data in this study from the Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (GESIS). I analyze different political culture variables in western and eastern Germany for their impact on views on censorship. I incorporate multiple variables including education, gender, age, political affiliation, and living location. Early results show that between the two regions there is little difference in perceived levels of censorship. Right leaning people are the most concerned about censorship in both regions which leads me to believe that censorship is not culturally significant but depends on political affiliation.
Recommended Citation
Pionk, Brandon, "Attitudes Towards Political Censorship in Eastern and Western Germany" (2025). Political Science Theses and Capstones. 129.
https://pines.bemidjistate.edu/capstone-polisci/129
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