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초록/요약

Extensive scholarship has Extensive scholarship has   examined examined   how how   government government   surveillance surveillance   affects affects  citizens’ citizens’   political political   participation, participation,   yet yet   the the   mediating mediating   and and   moderating moderating   factors factors  shaping shaping   this this   relationship relationship   remain remain   insufficiently insufficiently   explored. explored.  This This   study study   investigates investigates  government-operated government-operated   online online   surveillance surveillance   inin   Hong Hong   Kong, Kong,   aa   region region   that that   has has  experienced experienced   significant significant   political political   transformation transformation   following following   the the   implementation implementation  of of   the the   National National   Security Security   Law Law   inin   2020. 2020.  Through Through   anan   online online   survey survey   ((NN   ==   310), 310),   we we  examined examined   how how   perceived perceived   surveillance surveillance   influences influences   online online   political political   participation participation  of of   varying varying   visibility visibility   levels, levels,   revealing revealing   aa   more more   complex complex   picture picture   than than   previously previously  understood. understood.  While While   surveillance surveillance   demonstrated demonstrated   pervasive pervasive   chilling chilling   effects effects   across across  both both   high-visibility high-visibility   and and   low-visibility low-visibility   activities, activities,   our our   path path   analyses analyses   uncovered uncovered  distinct distinct   underlying underlying   mechanisms. mechanisms.   Notably, Notably,   fear fear   emerged emerged   as as   aa   positive positive   mediator mediator  between between   surveillance surveillance   and and   political political   participation, participation,   actually actually   stimulating stimulating   citizens’ citizens’  expressive expressive   and and   information-seeking information-seeking   behaviors. behaviors.   Additionally, Additionally,   trust trust   inin   digital digital  platforms platforms   moderates moderates   surveillance’s surveillance’s   impact, impact,   particularly particularly   buffering buffering   its its   effects effects   onon  low-visibility low-visibility   political political   activities. activities.  These These   findings findings   contribute contribute   toto   surveillance surveillance   studies studies  by by   highlighting highlighting   the the   dual dual   nature nature   of of   surveillance surveillance   effects, effects,   where where   itit   simultaneously simultaneously  constrains constrains   and and   motivates motivates   political political   participation participation   through through   distinct distinct   psychological psychological  mechanisms. mechanisms.  Moreover, Moreover,  the the  study study  illuminates illuminates  how how  digital digital  platform platform  characteristics characteristics  and and   trust trust   influence influence   political political   activities activities   online, online,   offering offering   insights insights   into into   citizens’ citizens’  adaptive adaptive  strategies strategies  under under  increasing increasing  surveillance surveillance  pressure.