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Is censorship even effective? I'd love to see an academic treatment of the reality of censorship minus the obvious moral qualms. I suppose it's probably an impo
by frgtpsswrdlame 9y ago
Is censorship even effective? I'd love to see an academic treatment of the reality of censorship minus the obvious moral qualms. I suppose it's probably an impossible thing to measure.
- bytematic 9y agoI don't think that would be impossible to measure. Would you be more interested in a controlled experiment or more of a study on real world censorship?
- jacquesm 9y agoCensorship in China is the complementing arm of propaganda and yes it is effective. Control information and you control the people. https://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/09/what-makes-censorship-in-china-so-effective/279467/ https://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/09/what-makes...
- paradite 9y agoSome interesting research on this topic: http://gking.harvard.edu/files/gking/files/censored.pdf?m=1447795312 http://gking.harvard.edu/files/gking/files/censored.pdf?m=14... https://citizenlab.ca/2016/11/wechat-china-censorship-one-app-two-systems/ https://citizenlab.ca/2016/11/wechat-china-censorship-one-ap... Some interesting answers on Quora: https://www.quora.com/Why-is-it-that-a-lot-of-Chinese-people-dont-feel-oppressed-by-their-regime-but-some-foreigners-insist-they-are https://www.quora.com/Why-is-it-that-a-lot-of-Chinese-people...
- frgtpsswrdlame 9y agoThat Harvard article is really interesting, thanks.