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Title:

Sometimes Less Is More: Censorship, News Falsification, and Disapproval in 1989 East Germany

Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
Gläßel, Christian; Paula, Katrin
Abstract:
Does more media censorship imply more regime stability? We argue that censorship may cause mass disapproval for censoring regimes. In particular, we expect that censorship backfires when citizens can falsify media content through alternative sources of information. We empirically test our theoretical argument in an autocratic regime—the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Results demonstrate how exposed state censorship on the country's emigration crisis fueled outrage in the weeks before the 1989...     »
Journal title:
American Journal of Political Science
Year:
2020
Journal volume:
64
Year / month:
2020-07
Quarter:
3. Quartal
Month:
Jul
Journal issue:
3
Pages contribution:
682-698
Reviewed:
ja
Language:
en
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1111/ajps.12501
WWW:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajps.12501
Publisher:
Wiley
Publisher address:
Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Print-ISSN:
0092-5853
E-ISSN:
1540-5907
Impact Factor:
7,260
Scimago Quartil:
Q1
Status:
Verlagsversion / published
Semester:
SS 20
TUM Institution:
Professur für Global Security & Technology
Format:
Bild/Text
Ingested:
29.03.2023
CC license:
by, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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