Book contents
- Chilling Effects
- Praise for Chilling Effects
- Chilling Effects
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Conventional Chilling Effects Theories and Their Limits
- Part II A New Understanding
- 3 Social Chilling Effects
- 4 A Conformity Theory of Chilling Effects
- 5 A Taxonomy of Chilling Effects
- Part III Implications
- Notes
- Index
5 - A Taxonomy of Chilling Effects
from Part II - A New Understanding
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2025
Book contents
- Chilling Effects
- Praise for Chilling Effects
- Chilling Effects
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Conventional Chilling Effects Theories and Their Limits
- Part II A New Understanding
- 3 Social Chilling Effects
- 4 A Conformity Theory of Chilling Effects
- 5 A Taxonomy of Chilling Effects
- Part III Implications
- Notes
- Index
Summary
Chapter 5 demonstrates the explanatory power of this new theory and understanding by elucidating a taxonomy of a broad range of different types of chilling effects and explaining them using the theory. Among the forms of chilling effects discussed are those associated with surveillance and data collection; data breaches, processing, and profiling; statutory and regulatory chill; the chill of targeted personal threats, including legal threats, forms of institutional/infrastructure chill; as well as the chill of online abuse and disinformation.
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- Chilling EffectsRepression, Conformity, and Power in the Digital Age, pp. 67 - 90Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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