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Decentralized propaganda in the era of digital media: The massive presence of the Chinese state on Douyin

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The rise of social media in the digital era poses unprecedented challenges to authoritarian regimes that aim to influence public attitudes and behaviors. To address these challenges, we argue that authoritarian regimes have adopted a decentralized approach to produce and disseminate propaganda on social media.
Yingdan Lu, Jennifer Pan, Xu Xu, Yiqing Xu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Framing the Exit: Pollsters, Public Opinion, and the Politics of Military Withdrawal. [PDF]

Public Opin Q
Silverman D, Fealing C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Why did Putin invade Ukraine? A theory of degenerate autocracy

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Many dictatorships end up with a series of disastrous decisions such as Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union or Saddam Hussein's aggression against Kuwait. Even if a certain policy choice is not ultimately fatal for the regime, such as Mao's Big Leap Forward or the Pol Pot's collectivization drive, they typically involve both a miscalculation ...
Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
wiley   +1 more source

The Responsibility of Scientists in a Time of War. [PDF]

Function (Oxf), 2022
Petersen OH, Verkhratsky A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Perversity, futility, complicity: Should democrats participate in autocratic elections?

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Electoral authoritarianism is receiving increasing attention from political scientists, yet it has been mostly ignored by political philosophers. This paper aims to fill some of this gap by considering whether it is morally permissibly for democrats to participate in autocratic elections as candidates or voters.
Zoltan Miklosi
wiley   +1 more source

'This restriction of expression': migration, social catastrophes, and psychiatry in Cold War Taiwan. [PDF]

Med Hist
Wang WJ, Yin YJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

Thinking through payment in fieldwork

American Ethnologist, EarlyView.
Abstract Ethnographic research has long illuminated diverse economic relations. Yet ethnographers have said little about an economic relation that they themselves often rely on: payment in fieldwork. Indeed, the particularities of monetary exchange between ethnographers and their interlocutors often remain hidden—or taboo.
Tijo Salverda, Ben Eyre, Lorraine Nencel, Erella Grassiani, Marina de Regt, Lise Woensdregt, Haiyue Shan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alexander Luria and Jean Piaget: Partial Reconstruction of Their Cooperation. [PDF]

J Hist Behav Sci
Ratcliff M, van der Veer R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Cultura caballista

American Ethnologist, EarlyView.
Abstract The world of Colombian gaited horses, or cultura caballista (horse‐riding culture), is often linked with uribismo, the right‐wing identity associated with former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez. Ethnographic fieldwork in conflict‐torn Antioquia reveals how horse‐human practices of training, breeding, and competition cultivate orientations toward ...
Gwen Burnyeat
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of relative deprivation on mental health among middle-aged and older adults in China: a multiple chain mediation model. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Zhuang Z, Xie X, Huang L, Yan J, Cheng S, Xu A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source