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Iran, Diane M. Zorri
Iran, Diane M. Zorri
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Internet access in Iran is characterized by strong censorship, limited access, surveillance, and widespread state-sanctioned propaganda. The regime in Tehran views internet freedom as a critical threat to its national security (Henry, Pettyjohn, and York 2014). Using an index of variables such as obstacles to access, limits on content, and violations of user rights, the nongovernmental organization Freedom House rates Iran’s internet access as “not free” (Freedom House 2018). On a scale of zero to one hundred, where zero is “free” and one hundred is “not free,” Freedom House scores Iran at an eighty-five, making it the least free nation …
Trends. More On The Psychology Of The Internet: Ignoring The Old For The New?, Ibpp Editor
Trends. More On The Psychology Of The Internet: Ignoring The Old For The New?, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article discusses the psychological impact of Internet use as well as potential methodological biases in the haste to report noxious consequences of this behavior.