Medicine has particularly well-documented cases of self-censorship as having directly contributed to major incidents.
To many critics that will be seen as self-censorship that has gone too far.
It is in this context that nations have censorship, through the legal system or self-censorship.
Such intimidation has induced a sense of caution, verging on self-censorship, among other journalists.
He has also confounded a pattern of self-censorship among Tokyo-based foreign correspondents.
To free-speech campaigners, all this was seen as further evidence of self-censorship amid increasing fears of upsetting sensibilities of some Muslims.
Registering and obtaining a department licence, they argue, places them in the same strait-jacket that governs the kingdom's print media which is often viewed as practising self-censorship.
In a speech in Sydney last year, where she tried to elucidate the immigration issue, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said that the debate "should not be constrained by self-censorship or political correctness".
"The plaintiffs have persuaded me that at least with respect to some plaintiffs, their fears of prosecution under COPA will result in the self-censorship of their online materials in an effort to avoid prosecution, " Reed wrote.
Instead, it is all about self-censorship.
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But a low level of professionalism in many media outlets, especially outside Kathmandu Valley, and self-censorship induced by the political atmosphere make it difficult for the media to rise above the challenge of disseminating accurate, timely and non-partisan information on the peace-building process.
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And although self-censorship is actually already taking place - artists, writers and comedians in the West are often more careful what they say about Islam than about Christianity (though sometimes for bad reasons, like fear) - this doesn't rule out the possibility of a minority view being blown out of all proportion.
That would definitely be bad for the industry, and would essentially be self-imposed censorship.
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