Public Support of Free Speech Limitations in Taiwan

The Partisan Connection

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7309913
AutoresTimothy S Rich (0000-0001-8940-958X, Western Kentucky University, autor correspondente)
Ano2025
Data de publicação2025-11-07
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Asian and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0021-9096 • E-ISSN: 1745-2538
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00219096251388570
OpenAlexW4416024682
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas48

What explains public support for free speech limitations in Taiwan? I suggest that one’s partisanship, cultural factors prioritizing stability, and views on democracy itself shape tolerance for speech limitations. Although a combination of existing data from the Taiwan Social Change Survey and AsianBarometer, along with original survey data, I find broad opposition to free speech limitations, however supporters of the ruling party consistently were more likely to support such limits. Moreover, those who believed that inconsistent ideas bring chaos or who were indifferent about regime types were also more likely to support speech restrictions