An Infrastructural Approach to Digital Authoritarianism
Starting from a standard working definition of digital authoritarianism (DA)---“the use of information technology by authoritarian regimes to surveil, repress, and manipulate domestic and foreign populations”---I want to suggest that the concept can more richly be seen as the unchecked creation and deployment of oppressive communication infrastructure.
Mike Ananny
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Religion, prejudice, and authoritarianism : Is RWA a boon or bane to the psychology of religion? [PDF]
In research on religiosity and prejudice, right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) has been studied alongside variables such as fundamentalism and orthodoxy.
Louis, Winnifred R. +2 more
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The rise of digital authoritarianism: Evolving threats to media and Internet freedoms in Pakistan [PDF]
Digital authoritarianism poses increasing challenges within both autocratic and democratic regimes. The evolving mechanisms of digital authoritarianism surpass national boundaries.
Sadia Jamil
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The rise of the notions of authoritarianism and the authoritarian personality is directly linked to pathologies of early modernity and to social constellations that systematically produce dispositions of character that ultimately form the base of Nazi ...
Benno Herzog
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Intergroup contact buffers against the intergenerational transmission of authoritarianism and racial prejudice [PDF]
The present study focused on the buffering role of positive intergroup contact in the intergenerational transmission of authoritarianism and racial prejudice in a sample of adolescents and one of their parents.
Van Hiel, Alain +3 more
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The distinction between authoritarianism and fundamentalism in three cultures: factor analysis and personality correlates [PDF]
Krauss SW, Streib H, Keller B, Silver CF. The distinction between authoritarianism and fundamentalism in three cultures: factor analysis and personality correlates. Archive for the Psychology of Religion. 2006;28(1):341-348.The goals of the study were to
Silver, Christopher F. +3 more
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The authos deal with comparative aspects of contemporary authoritarianism. Authoritarian tendencies have appeared in several “old democracies” but their main successes take place in several states which departed from dictatorial regimes recently.
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Digital Authoritarianism: Protecting Islam in Multireligious Malaysia
Mahathir Mohamad’s autocratic leadership over Malaysia for decades has left the country with a reputation for being, at best, a hybrid system. The country witnessed the rise of the internet during Mahathir’s first term as prime minister, which led to the
Syaza Shukri
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The intergenerational transmission of need for closure underlies the transmission of authoritarianism and anti-immigrant prejudice [PDF]
Previous research has identified need for closure (NFC) as an important motivational cognitive basis of authoritarianism and prejudice. However, to date, the role of NFC in the intergenerational similarity in authoritarianism and prejudice has remained ...
Roets, Arne +2 more
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Journalism in the Age of Digital Autocracy: A Comparative ASEAN Perspective
Cyber authoritarianism is on the rise globally. Governments around the world are seeking innovative ways to monitor, surveil, censor and persecute government critics, activists and journalists.
Aim Sinpeng, Youngjoon Koh
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