Censored by Roberts, Margaret E. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Contents Acknowledgments 1 Introduction

1.1 The Puzzle of Porous Censorship 1.2 Distraction and Diversion 1.3 Implications and Challenges to Conventional Wisdom 1.4 The Plan of the Book

2 A Theory of Censorship

2.1 Why Do Governments Censor? 2.2 Citizens Are Rationally Ignorant 2.3 Traditional Media Care about Story Costs 2.4 Citizens Exchange Low-Cost Information Through Social Media 2.5 What Is Censorship? 2.6 The Mechanisms of Censorship 2.7 Fear 2.8 Friction 2.9 Flooding 2.10 Conclusion

3 Censorship in China

3.1 Modern History of Information Control in China 3.2 Censorship of the Chinese Internet

4 Reactions to Experience with Censorship

4.1 China’s Targeted Censorship Strategy 4.2 The Costs of Observable Censorship 4.3 Matched Comparison of Censored and Uncensored Social Media Users 4.4 An Experimental Study of Consumers of Social Media 4.5 Conclusion

5 The Powerful Influence of Information Friction

5.1 The Effects of Content Filtering on the Spread of Information 5.2 Structural Frictions and the Great Firewall 5.3 When Does Friction Fail? 5.4 Conclusion

6 Information Flooding: Coordination as Censorship

6.1 What Effect Can Propaganda Have in the Digital Age? 6.2 Flooding in China 6.3 Detection of Information Flooding in Newspapers and Online Media 6.4 The Influence of Flooding on the Spread of Information 6.5 Conclusion

7 Implications for a Digital World

7.1 Why Porous Censorship Matters 7.2 Authoritarian Resilience 7.3 Implications for Free Speech in Democracies 7.4 A Call for Future Research

8 Appendix

Works Cited Index