What’s on the other side of the great firewall? Chinese Web users’ motivations for bypassing the Internet censorship
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Highlights：
• We explored Chinese Web users’ motivations of bypassing GFW in and outside China.
• Chinese Web users bypassed GFW in China mainly for information and socializing.
• Chinese Web users bypassed outside Mainland China primarily for entertainment.
• Male Internet users bypassed GFW more than female users in Mainland China.
• Attitude towards censorship is significant in predicting GFW-bypassing behaviors.
摘要
•We explored Chinese Web users’ motivations of bypassing GFW in and outside China.•Chinese Web users bypassed GFW in China mainly for information and socializing.•Chinese Web users bypassed outside Mainland China primarily for entertainment.•Male Internet users bypassed GFW more than female users in Mainland China.•Attitude towards censorship is significant in predicting GFW-bypassing behaviors.
论文关键词：Great Firewall (GFW),Censorship,Users and gratifications (U&G),Motivations
论文评审过程：Available online 28 May 2014.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.04.054
