Book Bans in American Libraries: Impact of Politics on Inclusive Content Consumption

2025/03/14 by Uttara M Ananthakrishnan, Naveen Basavaraj, Sabari Rajan Karmegam +2 · 1 voice
Social Sciences · Business, Management and Accounting · #Media Influence and Politics #Copyright and Intellectual Property #Privacy, Security, and Data Protection

paper · pdf · doi:10.1287/mksc.2024.0716

openalex publication_date 2025/03/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

This paper studies how contentious censorship policies like book bans impact consumption and the role social media platforms play in moderating this effect.

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• High profile book bans increased readership by 12%. How about that doi.org/10.1287/mksc... [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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