Resisting the Censorship Infrastructure in China

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dc.contributor.authorKou, Yubo
dc.contributor.authorKow, Yong Ming
dc.contributor.authorGui, Xinning
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-29T00:56:03Z
dc.date.available2016-12-29T00:56:03Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-04
dc.description.abstractChina’s censorship infrastructure is widely recognized as sophisticated, strict, and comprehensive. We conducted a qualitative study to understand Chinese citizens’ practices to navigate the censored Chinese Internet. We found that participants’ practices were closely related to their understanding of and resistance to the censorship infrastructure. Participants switched between public and private channels based on the information they desired to seek. They communicated in ways that were considered less vulnerable to censorship examination. They broadened their information search to mitigate the impact of censored content consumption. Through these practices, participants reportedly coped with the censorship infrastructure in an effective manner. We discuss how this case of resistance to censorship in China may further our understanding of such infrastructure.
dc.format.extent9 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2017.282
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-0-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/41437
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectCensorship
dc.subjectChina
dc.subjectinfrastructure
dc.subjectresistance
dc.subjectcircumvention
dc.titleResisting the Censorship Infrastructure in China
dc.typeConference Paper
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