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A phenomenon in which attempting to suppress an item of information attracts additional unwanted attention to it, thus furthering the spreading of the information.
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Streisand effect — The Streisand effect is a phenomenon on the Internet where an attempt to censor or remove a piece of information backfires, causing the information to be widely publicized. Examples are attempts to censor a photograph, a number, a file, or even a … Wikipedia
Streisand effect — n. The widespread dissemination of information caused by an attempt to suppress that information. Also: Barbra Streisand effect. Example Citations: The Digg DVD donnybrook is the latest example of what s come to be called the Streisand effect, in … New words
Streisand effect — /ˈstraɪzənd əfɛkt/ (say struyzuhnd uhfekt) noun the paradoxical effect of an unwelcome increase in public attention caused by efforts to suppress information which has escaped into the public arena. {from the 2003 case of Barbra Streisand who… …
Streisand-Effekt — Als Streisand Effekt wird bezeichnet, wenn durch den Versuch, eine Information zu unterdrücken, genau das Gegenteil erreicht wird, nämlich die Information besonders bekannt gemacht wird. Seinen Namen verdankt der Effekt Barbra Streisand, die den… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Barbra Streisand — Infobox musical artist Name = Barbra Streisand Img capt = Streisand at Governors Ball following the 1995 Emmys Img size = Background = solo singer Birth name = Barbara Joan Streisand Born = birth date and age|1942|4|24 Brooklyn, New York, USA… … Wikipedia
Hawthorne effect — The Hawthorne effect is a form of reactivity whereby subjects improve or modify an aspect of their behavior being experimentally measured simply in response to the fact that they know they are being studied,[1][2] not in response to any… … Wikipedia
CSI effect — Forensic science Physiological sciences … Wikipedia
Butterfly effect — For other uses, see Butterfly effect (disambiguation). Point attractors in 2D phase space. In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions; where a small change at one place in a nonlinear system can result … Wikipedia
Osborne effect — The Osborne effect is a term referring to the unintended consequence of the announcement of a future product ahead of its availability and its impact upon the sales of the current product. Pre announcement is done for several reasons: to reassure … Wikipedia
Cobra effect — The cobra effect is where a solution for solving a problem could actually make it worse.[1][2] The term is used to illustrate the causes of wrong stimulation in economy and politics.[2] There is also a book with the same title by Horst Siebert… … Wikipedia
