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Index on Censorship - Volume 47, Number 3

Index on Censorship

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Volume 47, Issue 3, September 2018

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Editorial
Free accessEditorialFirst published September, 2018pp. 1-3
Fact and fiction join forces to change the world: Fictional stories are often compelling but they are a longused technique to persuade people to change
Rachael Jolley
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 6-7
Special Report
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 8-10
Turkey’s unnatural selection: Darwin is the latest victim of an attack on scientific values in Turkey’s education system
Kaya Genç
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 11-13
An unlikeable truth: Social media like buttons are designed to be addictive. They’re impacting our ability to think rationally
Jan Fox
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 15-17
The I of the storm: Do journalists lose public trust when they write too many first-person pieces?
Peter Sands
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 18-20
Documenting the truth: Documentaries are all the rage in Mexico,providing a truthful alternative to an often biased media
Stephen Woodman
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 21-23
Cooking up a storm: Wellness is finding a natural home in Nigeria,selling a blend of herbs - and pseudoscience
Wana Udobang
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 24-25
Talk is not cheap: It’s only easy speaking truth if your truth is part of the general consensus. Differing viewpoints are increasingly unwelcome
Julian Baggini
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 26-27
Stripsearch: Don’t believe the experts;they’re all liars
Martin Rowson
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 28-30
Lies,damned lies and lies we want to believe: We speak to TV presenter Evan Davis about why we are willing to believe lies,no matter how outlandish
Rachael Jolley
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 31-31
How to argue with a very emotional person: A handy guide to debating successfully in an age when people are shying away from it
Timandra Harkness
Research article
Free accessResearch articleFirst published September, 2018pp. 32-33
Brain boxes: A neuroscientist on why some people are willing to believe anything,even that their brains can be frozen
Tess Woodcraft
Research article
Free accessResearch articleFirst published September, 2018pp. 34-35
Identity’s trump cards: We’re damaging debate by saying only those with a certain identity have a right to an opinion on that identity
Sarah Ditum
Research article
Free accessResearch articleFirst published September, 2018pp. 36-38
How to find answers to life’s questions: A physics teacher on why a career-focused science approach isn’t good for students thinking outside the box
Alom Shaha
Research article
Free accessResearch articleFirst published September, 2018pp. 39-41
Not reading between the lines: Books aren’t just informative,they offer a space for quiet reflection. What happens if we lose the art of reading?
David Ulin
Research article
Free accessResearch articleFirst published September, 2018pp. 42-45
Campaign lines: Can other campaigners learn from Argentina’s same-sex marriage advocates how to win change?
Irene Caselli
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 46-48
Hungary’s unscientific swivel: First they came for the humanities and now Hungary’s government is after the sciences
Dan Nolan
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 49-49
China’s deadly science lesson: How an ill-conceived campaign against sparrows contributed to one of the worst famines in history
Jemimah Steinfeld
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 50-51
Inconvenient truths: It’s a terrible time to be a scientist in the USA,or is it? Where there are attacks there’s also resistance
Michael Halpern
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 52-53
Beware those trying to fix “fake news”: If governments and corporations become the definers of “fake news” we are in deep trouble
Jodie Ginsberg
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 54-55
In Focus
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 56-57
Cry freedom: An interview with Trevor Phillips on the dangers of reporters shying away from the whole story
Rachael Jolley
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 58-60
When truth is hunted: The award-winning Kenyan author on having his work hunted and why the hunters will never win
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 61-64
Return of Iraq’s silver screen: Iraq’s film industry is reviving after decades of conflict. Can it help the nation rebuild?
Laura Silvia Battaglia
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 65-67
Book ends: Interviews with Olga Tokarczuk,Kamila Shamsie and Roberto Saviano about the best banned books
Alison Flood
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 67-69
“Censorship of the word does not end on paper,but on the skin of human beings”: The Nobel prize-winning novelist and poet on the curious words that were banned in Romania and being threatened by the secret police
Herta Müller
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 70-72
Pricing blogs off the screen: The Tanzanian government is muzzling the nation’s bloggers through stratospheric fees
Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 74-77
Modi’s strange relationship with the truth: The Indian prime minister only likes news that flatters him. Plus John Lloyd on why we should be more concerned about threats to Indian media than US media
Anuradha Sharma
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 78-79
Culture
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 80-85
Word search: The master of crime writing spins a chilling tale of a world in which books are obsolete,almost,in an Index short story exclusive
Ian Rankin
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 86-90
Windows on the world: The British-Iranian mother and her fellow inmate on life inside Tehran’s notorious Evin prison. Plus poems written by both,published here for the first time
Nazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeGolrokh Ebrahimi Iraee
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 91-97
Metaphor queen: The Chinese writer on talking about China’s most sensitive subjects - and getting away with it,sort of. Also an exclusive extract from her latest book
Sheng Keyi
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 98-100
Index around the world: A member of the new Index youth board from Pakistan discusses the challenges she faces as a journalist in her country
Danyaal Yasin
Other
Free accessOtherFirst published September, 2018pp. 102-104
Threats from China sent to UK homes: Even outside Hong Kong,you’re not safe criticising Chinese-government rule there. We investigate threatening letters that have appeared in the UK
Jemimah Steinfeld

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