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Exposing and opposing censorship: Backfire dynamics in freedom-of-speech struggles

@article{Jansen2004ExposingAO,
  title={Exposing and opposing censorship: Backfire dynamics in freedom-of-speech struggles},
  author={Sue Curry Jansen and Brian Martin},
  journal={Pacific Journalism Review},
  year={2004},
  volume={10},
  pages={29}
}
Censorship can backfire because it is usually viewed as a violation of the right to free expression, which is widely valued as an ideal; under the Charter of the United Nations, freedom of expression is a universal human right. Backfire occurs, for example, when censorious attacks on a film or book cultivate increased demand for the forbidden work rather than restrict access to it. Censors can inhibit this backfire effect in various ways, including covering up the censorship, devaluing the… 
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