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1 online resource (xii, 271 pages) |
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Introduction. The puzzle of porous censorship ; Distraction and diversion ; Implications and challenges to conventional wisdom ; The plan of the book -- A theory of censorship. Why do governments censor? ; Citizens are rationally ignorant ; Traditional media care about story costs ; Citizens exchange low-cost information through social media ; What is censorship? ; The mechanisms of censorship ; Fear ; Friction ; Flooding ; Conclusion -- Censorship in China. Modern history of information control in China ; Censorship of the Chinese Internet -- Reactions to experience with censorship. China's targeted censorship strategy ; The costs of observable censorship ; Matched comparison of censored and uncensored social media users ; An experimental study of consumers of social media ; Conclusion -- The powerful influence of information friction. The effects of content filtering on the spread of information ; Structural frictions and the Great Firewall ; When does friction fail? ; Conclusion -- Information flooding : coordination as censorship. What effect can propaganda have in the digital age? ; Flooding in China ; Detection of information flooding in newspapers and online media ; The influence of flooding on the spread of information ; Conclusion -- Implications for a digital world. Why porous censorship matters ; Authoritarian resilience ; Implications for free speech in democracies ; A call for future research -- Appendix. Description of the China Urban Governance Survey ; Words related to censorship, mutual information ; Tibet self-immolations negative binomial model. |
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Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU |
ISBN |
9781400890057 (electronic book) |
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1400890055 (electronic book) |
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9780691178868 (print) |
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0691178860 (print) |
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