Censorship as Deterrence: How Experience with State’s Censorship Makes Chinese Netizens Constrain Their Behaviors

• In Event: JSS 1
  In JSS Session: Authoritarian Politics

Brief Overview

From a survey study, it is demonstrated that the Chinese netizens tend to exhibit both higher activist behaviors and more behavioral inhibitions after they have personally experienced Internet censorship mandated by the regime.

Author

• Zhongyun Jason Zhang, University of Notre Dame