A new study by Doctors Peter Ward and Steven Denney examines the use and circulation of illicit foreign information among citizens, highlighting the importance of social capital and trust-related effects in determining information flows. They show the key role played by social relations in determining how and where politically unsanctioned content is acquired and disseminated. No weak ties? No civil society.
For those interested in learning more, the full article can be found in the journal "Problems of Post-Communism".
