Corporate censorship of political discourse?
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@media.uio.no
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@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@media.uio.no
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Dear Charles Ess You can use the example of Fazıl Say, a famaous Turkish pianist, received a jail penalty because of retweeting a poem from Omer Hayyam. He was sued according to Penalty Code. In deed his tweet/retweet in thiscase was just expression of idea. -- Prof.Dr. Mutlu Binark Baskent Universitesi Iletisim Fakultesi Radyo-Tv. ve Sinema Blm. Bagl�ca Kampusu Eskisehir Yolu 20.km. 06530 Ankara Tel: (312) 246 6652-53 Fax: (312) 246 66 57 www.yenimedya.wordpress.com www.dijitaloyun.wordpress.com alternatifbilisim.tv
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@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@media.uio.no
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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-d... 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-treatin... 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 Regards ------------------------------------------------------------ Gianluigi Negro PhD Student Università della Svizzera italiana Via Giuseppe Buffi 13 CH-6900 Lugano (w) www.usi.ch (p) +41 (0)58.666 4511 Twitter giginegro Academia: http://chinamediaobs.academia.edu/GianluigiNegro Linkedin gianluiginegro Website cineresie ------------------------------------------------------------ China Media Observatory http://www.chinamediaobs.org ------------------------------------------------------------ Leggi le ultime notizie sull'USI su USI-Flash , TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS: SAVE PAPER, THINK BEFORE YOU PRINT , VERSO UN ATENEO SOSTENIBILE: NON SPRECARE CARTA, RIFLETTI PRIMA DI STAMPARE -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@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@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@media.uio.no
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Hi Charles, I just published a piece in the International Journal of Communication that could be helpful for your presentation. It's called "App Neutrality: Apple’s App Store and Freedom of Expression Online." http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/1904 Hope that helps, Luis - - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | My SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=1820222 "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 On Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Charles Ess 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@media.uio.no (mailto:c.m.ess@media.uio.no)
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Hi Charles, My research group published an analysis of the Tea Party Patriots Facebook page in 2012 that identified censorship of discourse as a fairly routine phenomena on that particular page (We have witnessed it with other online groups as well). http://seangoggins.net/sites/default/files/Sheperdingandcensorship.pdf Thanks! Sean On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Luis Hestres <luishestres@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Charles,
I just published a piece in the International Journal of Communication that could be helpful for your presentation. It's called "App Neutrality: Apple’s App Store and Freedom of Expression Online."
http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/1904
Hope that helps,
Luis
- - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn ( http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | My SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=1820222 "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999
On Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Charles Ess 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@media.uio.no (mailto:c.m.ess@media.uio.no)
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participants (6)
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Alex Leavitt -
Charles Ess -
F. Mutlu Binark -
Gianluigi Negro -
Luis Hestres -
Sean P. Goggins