An influential body of scholarship argues that authoritarian regimes design “hard”
propaganda that is intentionally heavy-handed in order to signal regime power. In this study …

Propaganda plays a key role in maintaining power in authoritarian regimes. Previous
research finds that overt, crude, and heavy-handed messaging, so-called hard propaganda …

We investigated how people think about their personal life and their country by testing how
participants in the US and China think about personal and collective events in the past and …

Economic explanations are central to our understanding of popular support for authoritarian
regimes. Yet, we do not know to what extent economic evaluations of citizens living under …

The article argues that distrust in government reflects a preference for regime change in
authoritarian China. It shows that individuals who have stronger distrust in government also …

During a national crisis, can state propaganda shift public opinion, and if so, in what
direction? Existing studies show that the effects of state propaganda on public opinion in …

Authoritarian governments heavily rely on propaganda as a means of maintaining rule.
Although scholars have examined the effects of propaganda exposure, much less is known …

Does authoritarian propaganda change in response to public criticism? Do
counterarguments compel regimes to shift their narratives? The literature on authoritarian …

Objective This study examines how the political context of socialization affects the political
orientations of the younger generation in China. Methods Using four national surveys and …

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σημαντικότερος παράγοντας που συντελεί στη διαμόρφωση της κοινής γνώμης. Με γνώμονα …