其他摘要：Thai society usually views cinema as a media created merely to entertain, however cinema has enormously more potentials than that. Being one of the art forms, cinema is product of culture, reflecting ways of life and expressing human’s view. Various states believe that cinema can implicitly represent some kind of ideals and viewpoints so they used it as a tool to create social values and to endorse political views. At the same time, they are afraid of the same kind of power if fall into the wrong’s hands, hence there are censorship laws for this kind of art form. In Thailand, we always have strict control of cinema shown in movie theatre. Banning certain films and removing some scenes are still applied although the rating system is introduces in the law since 2009. Most Thai people are not familiar with freedom of speech; they do not dare to express their opinion against authorities. They do not truly understand the importance of their rights and duties in democratic society. In this information age, this kind of control may no longer be effective. It is more difficult for people to differentiate truths and lies. To arm people with wisdom and knowledge by letting them practice using their own critical mind should be a better way than covering information. However, if that leader has a narrow vision; ruling without tolerance, it will be difficult to develop the country into a truly democratic society. Keyword: Documentary / Propaganda / Censorship / Media Literacy
