Thinking that "It is being monitored by the government," it turns out that people unconsciously can not say a minority opinion on the net

ByDonkeyHotey

The fact that the US government is monitoring citizens by Mr. Edward Snowden in 2013 was revealed, but people are unconsciously unable to assert minority opinions from such consciousness in such surveillance society I understood.

Mass surveillance silences minority opinions, according to study - The Washington Post
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Elizabeth Stoycheff associate professors at Wayne State University and others studied the implicit influence that the surveillance society brings to surveillance. Journalism and mass communication papers journalJournalism & amp; Mass Communication QuarterlyAccording to research papers published in the report that the people who recognized that they are under government supervision tended to hide their opinions by "self-censored" if their opinion is a minority I will.

Posting synchronous information to friends from Facebook and Twitter "Echo chamber effect"Wayne State University's research showed that government supervision will exert further influence on online activities, although it was known. The research group skillfully supervised the government's monitoring of the randomly selected group, showed the news of fake about the US military air strikes against the IS (Islamic state), asked what the majority of Americans think It was done.

Associate Professor Stoycheff said, "Many of the participants I told that they are not breaking the law, nor do they hide themselves," he said, not being concerned about censorship on the Internet. " On the other hand, participants who said that "there is nothing to hide" is a positive trend for the surveillance society for national security and it is possible to silence their own minority opinion by self-censorship He told me he was gender high. Because of the atrophic effect seen in the "not to hide" group, "It shows that the internal self-censoring system is powerful enough to control basic human rights," Associate Professor Stoycheff I'm explaining.

ByMatt Zhang

The surveillance society creates a self-censored system means depriving a fair right from a minority group, but since the ignored opinion does not emerge in the discussion, defending the influence of the surveillance society It is difficult to say. Associate Professor Stoycheff warns that "the adoption of surveillance technology by government and private companies will undermine the ability as a free and open Internet neutral platform." Furthermore, Associate Professor Stoycheff has announced that it has not received external funds for this research.