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This is a Experimental Study study.

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This research examines how dataveillance impacts legitimate communication through chilling effects.

May 7, 2026Journal of CommunicationOpen Access

Dataveillance inhibits legitimate communication: causal evidence for chilling effects

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NFNoemi FesticZurich University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration MBMoritz BüchiLeiden University MLMichael LatzerZurich University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration

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Longitudinal experiment shows dataveillance lowers online comfort and self-censorship, especially in women, indicating implications for democratic participation.

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This research examines how dataveillance impacts legitimate communication through chilling effects.
Conducted a preregistered longitudinal online field experiment with 827 participants.
Participants were exposed to accounts of dataveillance at 19 prompts over six weeks.
Follow-up focus groups validated the reported results.
Participants reported reduced comfort with online opinion sharing and information disclosure.
Women, older, and less educated individuals demonstrated lower overall comfort.
Exposure to dataveillance did not consistently correlate with lower comfort levels.

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Festic et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69fbe382164b5133a91a2bc3 https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqag004

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Longitudinal experiment shows dataveillance lowers online comfort and self-censorship, especially in women, indicating implications for democratic participation.

Dataveillance inhibits legitimate communication: causal evidence for chilling effects

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Dataveillance inhibits legitimate communication: causal evidence for chilling effects

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