[Air-L] Corporate censorship of political discourse?

[Gianluigi Negro]

I totally agree. Sina  Weibo is a very interesting case. The way how the Chinese online censorships is developing in China sounds very close to the case presented by Prof. Ess.

I take the chance to forward these readings that could be useful for the research 

1) the expression/phenomenon of beihecha (take a tea) is particularly interesting because fits perfectly between online and offline activities http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2013/02/19/china-bloggers-forced-to-drink-tea-with-police/ 
2) the recent unblock activity on Weibo appreciated by international media like Reuters and The Daily Telegraph,  should not be considered a real, good step forward http://www.tealeafnation.com/2013/06/its-confirmed-weibo-censors-are-treating-non-chinese-users-differently/ 
3) A new paper published on American Political Science Review perfectly describes how "the [Chinese] censorship program is aimed at curtailing collective action by silencing comments that represent, reinforce, or spur social mobilization, regardless of content. Censorship is oriented toward attempting to forestall collective activities that are occurring now or may occur in the future-and, as such, seem to clearly expose government intent". http://gking.harvard.edu/files/censored.pdf 

Please let me know you were looking for this kind of material otherwise I will try to define better my research 
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-----Original Message-----
From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Alex Leavitt
Sent: martedì, 2. luglio 2013 22:53
To: Charles Ess
Cc: Air list
Subject: Re: [Air-L] Corporate censorship of political discourse?

I guess one good parallel could be Weibo censorship. There was a good empirical paper published to First Monday last year that documented
deletions: http://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3943/3169



On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 8:48 PM, Charles Ess <charles.ess at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear AoIRists,
>
> I've been asked to develop a presentation on the future of freedom of 
> expression in online environments, including discussion of multiple 
> ways in which - in addition to whatever governments may be up to in 
> different contexts and ways - the private enterprises that 
> increasingly dominate and control much of our online spaces and 
> infrastructures censor political speech and expression.
>
> One example passed on to me was of a well-established professional in 
> a European country (i.e., not fitting the profile of terrorist, 
> anarchist, or even leftist) who posted comments on his/her SNS page critical of the U.S.
> These comments disappeared from the page without notice or explanation.
>
> I would be very grateful for:
> 1) recommendations for careful studies of such events and phenomena 
> which include reliable documentation of their occurrence? (Yes, I 
> realize that documenting and studying such episodes would be extremely 
> tricky and
> difficult.)
> And/or
> 2) well documented anecdotes or examples (e.g., as reported in a 
> reliable newspaper of record) of such episodes?
>
> Please send these along offlist.  I will, of course, more than happily 
> credit the sources and authors of any examples and resources collected 
> and used for the presentation (unless anonymity is requested instead).
>
> Many thanks in advance,
> - charles ess
>
> Professor in Media Studies
> Department of Media and Communication
> Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations 
> <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/center/media-innovations/>
>
> University of Oslo
> P.O. Box 1093 Blindern
> NO-0317
> Oslo Norway
> email: c.m.ess at media.uio.no
>
>
>
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