Sociology of communication AVOIDING THE COMMUNIST CENSORSHIP IN PROMOTING THE NATIONAL CULTURE Mihail ORZEAŢĂ1 1Prof. PhD. “Apollonia” University of Iaşi, Romania Corresponding author: Mihail Orzeaţă; e-mail:
[email protected] Abstract Writers, poets and all artists were exposed to Censorship existed and still exists, in different forms, censorship in order to promote the politics of the in all kinds of social regimes and in all the states of the single party (NISTOR, 2011). Some of the people world. The most harsh and destructive form of censorship who complied with this situation were rewarded was applied and is still being applied by the totalitarian regimes, among which Romania was a part of, during the with important positions in the party and in the period 1948-1989. At the beginning censorship and the state’s institutions (ŞTEFĂNESCU, 2004), political regime in Romania were imposed by the Soviet whereas those who opposed were sent to jail Union. Later on, the Romanian totalitarian regime (ALEXA, 2017), deprived of some rights, forced promoted its own form of suppressing the freedom of speech for its citizens. After the formal abeyance of to go into exile (DIMISIANU, 2007) or even censorship in Romania, the majority of writers, journalists physically abused. and artists appealed to self-censorship in order to not get Despite all these harsh conditions there were into any conflict with the state’s authorities. The censorship some literature and art creators whose works of the communist regime in Romania stimulated the creative imagination of a number of talented writers, who were highly appreciated not only in Romania, managed to find solution to publish their works, as well but also worldwide and they were given some as the methods to promote Romanian culture worldwide.