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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Economic and social conditions have greatly hindered
the development of the press in Southeast Asia. Low literacy,
multiplicity of languages, poor transportation facilities,
and lack of sufficient revenue are barriers to newspapers'
development. The most severe barriers, however, are govern-
ment restrictions, such as strict censorship, suspension of
newspapers, harrassment and imprisonment of journalists .1
Thailand is one of the countries in Southeast Asia whose
press has undergone much suffering from the government's
suppression. Before the revolution of 1932, press activities
were under royal direction and there was no need for the
throne to take notice in terms of legalistic control.3 There
might be criticism of specific royal actions, but no criticism
of the system as such was allowed. News presented in
'Joanne M. Lopez, "The Press in Southeast Asia: Its
Problems and Functions , " unpublished master's thesis,
Department of Journalism, University of California at
Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1971, p. 2.
2
All power belongs to the king under the absolute monarchy.
John D. Mitchell, The Asian Newspapers' Reluctant
Revolution, edited by John A. Lent, (Iowa City, 1971), p. 215.1
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Sangchan, Dangtoi. Freedom of the Press in Thailand, thesis, December 1976; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc663236/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .