Why Do Russians Support Censorship of the Media?

Pietiläinen, Jukka; Strovsky, Dmitry

doi:10.1080/19409419.2010.10756762

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“…114-115). A survey in Russia (Pietiläinen and Strovsky, 2010) discovered that the fear of new things and a high need for protection by a strong government contributed to Russian people’s support for censorship; elderly, women, people with low education, low social status, and people living in rural areas were inclined to support moral censorship, while elites and people on the upper levels of the managerial hierarchy were more likely to support political censorship.…”

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Does the Great Fire Wall cause self-censorship? The effects of perceived internet regulation and the justification of regulation

2017

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of internet censorship, which is represented by the Great Fire Wall, on Chinese internet users’ self-censorship. Design/methodology/approach A 3×2 factorial experiment (n=315) is designed. Different patterns of censorship (soft censorship, compared censorship, and hard censorship) and the justification of internet regulation are involved in the experiment as two factors. The dependent variable is self-censorship which is measured through the willingness to speak about sensitive issues and the behavior of refusing to sign petitions with true names. Findings The results show that perceived internet censorship significantly decreases the willingness to talk about sensitive issues and the likelihood of signing petitions with true names. The justification of censorship significantly decreases self-censorship on the behaviors of petition signing. Although there are different patterns of internet censorship that Chinese netizens may encounter, they do not differ from each other in causing different levels of self-censorship. Research limitations/implications The subjects are college students who were born in the early 1990s, and the characteristics of this generation may influence the results of the experiment. The measurement of self-censorship could be refined. Originality/value The study contributes to the body of literature about internet regulation because it identifies a causal relationship between the government’s internet censorship system and ordinary people’s reaction to the regulation in an authoritarian regime. Unpacking different patterns of censorship and different dimensions of self-censorship depicts the complexity of censoring and being censored.

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Does the Great Fire Wall cause self-censorship? The effects of perceived internet regulation and the justification of regulation

2017

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Censorship as Reward: Evidence from Pop Culture Censorship in Chile

Esberg

2020

Am Polit Sci Rev

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Censorship has traditionally been understood as a way for dictators to silence opposition. By contrast, this article develops and tests the theory that certain forms of censorship—in particular, prohibitions on popular culture—serve not only to limit political information but also to reward dictators’ supporters. Using text analysis of all 8,000 films reviewed for distribution during Chile’s dictatorship, I demonstrate that rather than focusing only on sensitive political topics, censors banned movies containing content considered immoral. Through a combination of qualitative and quantitative evidence, I show that these patterns cannot be explained by masked political content, distributor self-censorship, or censor preferences. Instead, they reflect the regime’s use of censorship as a reward for supporters, particularly conservative Catholic groups. My findings suggest that even repressive measures can be used in part to maintain support for authoritarian regimes.

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From the eyes of censorship supporters: Chinese attitudes regarding two types of online censorship

Liao

2023

Asian Journal of Communication

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Why Do Russians Support Censorship of the Media?

Cited by 5 publications

References 5 publications

Does the Great Fire Wall cause self-censorship? The effects of perceived internet regulation and the justification of regulation

Does the Great Fire Wall cause self-censorship? The effects of perceived internet regulation and the justification of regulation

Censorship as Reward: Evidence from Pop Culture Censorship in Chile

From the eyes of censorship supporters: Chinese attitudes regarding two types of online censorship

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