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The outcomes of the survey were statistically analysed and qualitative analyses of the interview results were also performed.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Youngsters living in the PRC had greater interest in and more knowledge about Snowden\u2019s revelations than those living in Taiwan, and the revelations were positively evaluated in both countries as serving public interest. However, PRC students indicated they were less likely to emulate Snowden than those from Taiwan did.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>This study is the first attempt to investigate the social impact of Snowden\u2019s revelations on PRC and Taiwanese youngsters\u2019 attitudes towards privacy and state surveillance as part of cross-cultural analyses between eight countries.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/jices-08-2016-0025","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,6,28]],"date-time":"2017-06-28T07:25:41Z","timestamp":1498634741000},"page":"213-231","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["How Snowden\u2019s revelations have influenced youngsters\u2019 attitude and behaviour in the PRC and Taiwan"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Kiyoshi","family":"Murata","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Yasunori","family":"Fukuta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Andrew A.","family":"Adams","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Dang","family":"Ronghua","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"volume-title":"The Nation Battening the Poor: The Chinese Unequal Society","year":"2014","key":"key2020120602392521500_ref001"},{"key":"key2020120602392521500_ref002","unstructured":"Amnesty International UK (2006), \u201cUndermining freedom of expression in China: the role of Yahoo!, Microsoft and Google\u201d, available at: www.reports-and-materials.org\/Amnesty-UK-reportInternet-cos-China-Jul-2006.pdf (accessed 18 June 2016)."},{"key":"key2020120602392521500_ref003","unstructured":"Carlson, N. 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