15:30 - 17:45
Thursday-Panel
Chair/s:
Cyrille Thiébaut
Discussant/s:
Cyrille Thiébaut
Meeting Room E

Bernhard Clemm, Andrew Guess
Does Source Credibility Moderate Persuasion? New Evidence from a Longitudinal Experiment

Nerea Gandara Guerra, Elias Dinas
The Intrusion of Value Change: Popular Media and pro-Women Attitudes in Argentina

Ziyi Wu
Voluntary Sacrifice of Freedom: Why Are Some Chinese Nationals Supporting Government Censorship?

Natalia Bogado
Immigration media frames, national identity representations importance and its impact on outgroup prejudice and immigration policy preferences
Voluntary Sacrifice of Freedom: Why Are Some Chinese Nationals Supporting Government Censorship?
Ziyi Wu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

While the effects of government censorship are widely explored in the literature, most works on government censorship have assumed a nature intention for citizens to seek freedom of speech in authoritarian regimes. However, citizens in authoritarian regimes may actually support government censorship due to various reasons. In this study, I explore the potential reasons of citizen's support towards government censorship in China among Chinese nationals both domestic and abroad. Also, I will investigate individual's willingness to self-censor and the types of censorship one would likely to give consent to. Adopting a mixed methodology design consisting of an online survey experiment, a cross-national online survey and a semi-structured qualitative interview, I examine the following factors of interest: (1) personal experience of government censorship, (2) personal pursuit of democracy as an ideal form of government, and (3) the political environment experienced by individuals.