Normalization of Censorship: Evidence From China

Contents

Paper link

Introduction

Normalization of Censorship: A Theory

Diluting The Proportion of Politically Threatening Content

Increasing Citizens' Exposure to Censorship

Empirical Expectations

The Development of Censorship in China

The Nature of Censored Content: Text Analysis

Data Source

Categorization of Censored Articles

Results

Normalizing Effect of Censorship: Survey Experiment

Participants

Experimental Design

Measurement

Results

Limitations

Conclusion