Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion · chapter 7 · id influence-c7-06-censorship-makes-information-m
“Censorship makes information more desirable and more persuasive -- when people learn a message has been banned, they want it more and are predisposed to agree with it before even hearing it.”
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Worchel, Arnold & Baker (1975), Effects of Censorship on Attitude Change, Journal of Applied Social Psychology 5FLAGGED: DOI not in registry
When subjects were told a speech had been banned, they became more favorable toward its position even before hearing the arguments.
Martin (2015), The Streisand Effect and Censorship Backfire, International Journal of Communicationpaywalled · manual check queued
Attempts to suppress information can increase its spread, consistent with psychological reactance theory.
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