Microtargeting, voters' unawareness, and democracy

F van Gils, W Müller, J Prüfer - The Journal of Law, Economics …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Recent technological developments have raised concerns about threats to democracy
because of their potential to distort election outcomes:(a) data-driven voter research …

[PDF][PDF] Collateral censorship: Theory and evidence from Venezuela

D Kronick, J Marshall - 2024 - dorothykronick.com
Selective censorship is the new normal in electoral autocracies. Rather than invest
resources or risk reputation pursuing comprehensive media control in the style of traditional …

White, Male, and Angry: A Reputation-Based Rationale for Backlash

S Wolton - American Political Science Review, 2024 - cambridge.org
From the bottom to the top of society, many white men are angry. This article provides a
reputation-based rationale for this anger. Individuals care about their social status (elite vs …

Informational Autocrats, Diverse Societies

AA Gitmez, P Molavi - arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.12698, 2022 - arxiv.org
This paper presents a theoretical model of an autocrat who controls the media in an attempt
to persuade society of his competence. We base our analysis on a Bayesian persuasion …

[PDF][PDF] INFORMATIONAL AUTOCRATS, DIVERSE SOCIETIES

P Molavi, AA Gitmez - cerge-ei.cz
This paper presents a theoretical model of an autocrat who controls the media in an attempt
to persuade society of his competence. We base our analysis on a Bayesian persuasion …