This is a small library of papers on China's online censorship, including 11 recent papers.

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@article{Fu:2013p32492,
author = {King-Wa Fu and Chung-hong Chan and Michael Chau}, 
title = {Assessing Censorship on Microblogs in China: Discriminatory Keyword Analysis and Impact Evaluation of the {\&}amp;{\#} x201C; Real Name Registration{\&}amp;{\#} x201D; Policy},
abstract = {Using 111 million microblogs collected between January 1 and June 30, 2012, we report our findings on investigating the use of microblogs in China, or weibo in Chinese, and the impact of censorship practices imposed on Chinese microbloggers. To better control for alternative explanations for censorship decisions that are attributable to an individual's characteristics and choices, we deployed a matched case-control study design to 1) determine a list of Chinese terms that discriminate the censored and uncensored posts when they are written by the same microbloggers, with the list including some homophones and puns created by Chinese microbloggers to circumvent the censors successfully, and 2) evaluate the impact of the Real Name Registration system on microbloggers' posting activities, and the findings suggest that the new policy might have stopped some microbloggers from writing about social and political subjects.},
year = {2013},
date-added = {2013-08-29 11:47:29 +0100},
date-modified = {2013-08-29 11:48:04 +0100},
pmid = {1927741424626658799related:722tsZy2wBoJ},
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@article{Zhu:2011p30825,
author = {Tao Zhu and Christopher Bronk and Dan Wallach}, 
journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.3794},
title = {An analysis of chinese search engine filtering},
year = {2011},
date-added = {2013-04-25 14:52:36 +0100},
date-modified = {2013-04-25 14:53:14 +0100},
pmid = {879075620715857952related:IIh5l54aMwwJ},
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uri = {papers://1BB16709-E0C1-4709-BEC5-06621A3EA216/Paper/p30825},
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@article{Clayton:2007p21402,
author = {R Clayton and S.J Murdoch and R.N.M Watson}, 
journal = {ISJLP},
title = {Ignoring the great firewall of china},
pages = {273},
volume = {3},
year = {2007},
date-added = {2011-07-30 21:48:06 +0100},
date-modified = {2012-04-18 14:10:52 +0100},
pmid = {13978113680409426810related:evvURlU8_MEJ},
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@article{Sullivan:2013p32487,
author = {Jonathan Sullivan}, 
journal = {New Media {\&} Society},
title = {China's Weibo: Is faster different?},
year = {2013},
date-added = {2013-08-29 11:42:07 +0100},
date-modified = {2013-08-29 11:42:13 +0100},
pmid = {10271463003285866269related:HcdrUi6Ri44J},
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@article{Ng:2013p32491,
author = {J Ng and P Landry}, 
journal = {Eleventh Chinese Internet Research Conference},
title = {The Political Hierarchy of Censorship: An Analysis of Keyword Blocking of CCP Officials' Names on Sina Weibo Before and After the 2012 National Congress},
abstract = {As King, Pan, and Roberts write in their 2013 study on Chinese social media, research into the dynamics of Internet censorship in China ``exposes an extraordinarily rich source of information about the Chinese government's interests, intentions and goals.'' This paper seeks to use the dynamics of Internet censorship by China's most important social media site, Sina Weibo, to achieve a better understanding of the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in November 2012. To this end, searches were performed daily on the names of all 2,270 delegates to the Party Congress on Sina Weibo for five weeks before and after the event. Data recorded included information on the number of results reported and whether the keywords were reported to be blocked or not. As a complement to work by researchers including Gary King, David Bamman, King-wa Fu, and Tao Zhu into Chinese social media censorship, our study concludes that Sina Weibo actively manipulated and filtered the search results of Communist Party delegates---particularly higher-ranked and incumbent officials---during the observation period, with an apparent decrease in search blocks after the Party Congress. This study offers evidence that the Party, through proxies like Sina Weibo, proactively attempts to shape public opinion online, just as they do in traditional media. The decrease in search blocks perhaps indicates that the Party is still seeking to find a balance between utilizing the Internet as a check on officials and suppressing social media to prevent dissent; or perhaps it is a short-term effect due to a new wave of leaders taking office.},
year = {2013},
month = {Jan},
date-added = {2013-08-29 11:46:11 +0100},
date-modified = {2013-08-29 11:46:38 +0100},
URL = {http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2267367},
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@article{Zhu:2012p30829,
author = {Tao Zhu and David Phipps and Adam Pridgen and Jedidiah Crandall and Dan Wallach}, 
journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.6166},
title = {Tracking and Quantifying Censorship on a Chinese Microblogging Site},
year = {2012},
date-added = {2013-04-25 14:57:22 +0100},
date-modified = {2013-04-25 14:58:57 +0100},
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@article{King:2012p28374,
author = {Gary King and Jennifer Pan and Molly Roberts}, 
title = {How censorship in China allows government criticism but silences collective expression},
abstract = {We offer the first large scale, multiple source analysis of the outcome of what may be the most extensive effort to selectively censor human expression ever implemented. To do this, we have devised a system to locate, download, and analyze the content of millions of social media posts originating from nearly 1,400 different social media services all over China before the Chinese government is able to find, evaluate, and censor (i.e., remove from the Internet) the large subset they deem objectionable. Us- ing modern computer-assisted text analytic methods that we adapt and validate in the Chinese language, we compare the substantive content of posts censored to those not censored over time in each of 95 issue areas. Contrary to previous understandings, posts with negative, even vitriolic, criticism of the state, its leaders, and its policies are not more likely to be censored. Instead, we show that the 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 at- tempting to forestall collective activities that are occurring now or may occur in the future --- and, as such, seem to clearly expose government intent, such as examples we offer where sharp increases in censorship presage government action outside the Internet.},
year = {2012},
date-added = {2012-06-06 12:46:36 +0100},
date-modified = {2013-08-29 11:39:19 +0100},
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@article{Hassid:2012p13,
author = {J Hassid}, 
journal = {APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper},
title = {The Politics of China's Emerging Micro-Blogs: Something New or More of the Same?},
abstract = {China's Twitter-like micro-blogs, or weibo, have exploded in popularity since their launch in late 2009, and already have over 300 million users. From sparking investigations of a contentious train crash to uncovering official malfeasance, many Western and Chinese observers have credited China's weibo with hastening the arrival of mass participation in Chinese governance. The end result, they argue, is that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s tight grip on China's media landscape will inevitably loosen, foretelling major political and social changes.
Using a mixed-methods combination of mini-case studies, fieldwork, interviews and a series of large-scale computer-assisted content analysis, I argue that weibo's likely political impact has been overblown. Not only have older media like newspapers been more politically aggressive than many scholars realize, but also weibo themselves are likely to follow the pattern set by previous emerging electronic media. In the long run, the CCP will likely tame China's micro-blogs in a way that may even help foster the Party's continuing rule. The revolution, in short, may not be Twittered.},
year = {2012},
month = {Jan},
date-added = {2013-08-29 11:40:57 +0100},
date-modified = {2013-08-29 11:41:32 +0100},
pmid = {3482024780545216623related:b1CB3xajUjAJ},
URL = {http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2106459},
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@article{Zhu:2013p30827,
author = {Tao Zhu and David Phipps and Adam Pridgen and Jedidiah Crandall and Dan Wallach}, 
journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.0597},
title = {The Velocity of Censorship: High-Fidelity Detection of Microblog Post Deletions},
year = {2013},
date-added = {2013-04-25 14:57:22 +0100},
date-modified = {2013-04-25 14:58:38 +0100},
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@article{Petrovic:2013p31134,
author = {Sasa Petrovic and Miles Osborne and Victor Lavrenko}, 
journal = {Arxiv},
title = {I Wish I Didn't Say That! Analyzing and Predicting Deleted Messages in Twitter},
abstract = {Twitter has become a major source of data for social media researchers. One important aspect of Twitter not previously considered are {\em deletions} - removal of tweets from the stream. Deletions can be due to a multitude of reasons such as privacy concerns, rashness or attempts to undo public statements. We show how deletions can be automatically predicted ahead of time and analyse which tweets are likely to be deleted and how.},
eprint = {1305.3107v1},
volume = {cs.SI},
year = {2013},
month = {May},
keywords = {cs.CL, cs.SI}, 
date-added = {2013-06-04 16:15:10 +0100},
date-modified = {2013-06-11 09:49:31 +0100},
pmid = {1305.3107v1},
URL = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.3107v1},
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@article{Fu:2013p30836,
author = {King-Wa Fu and Michael Chau}, 
journal = {PLOS ONE},
title = {Reality Check for the Chinese Microblog Space: a random sampling approach},
number = {3},
pages = {e58356},
volume = {8},
year = {2013},
date-added = {2013-05-04 13:15:29 +0100},
date-modified = {2013-05-04 13:17:01 +0100},
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