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 …

In China, celebrities can dominate public discourse and shape popular culture, but they are
under the state's close gaze. Recent studies have revealed how the state disciplines and co …

In June 2020, the government of Tanzania declared that Covid-19 had been eradicated from
the country. As the figures released by Tanzania's Ministry of Health since March 2021 …

This article explores how table tennis became recognized as the dominant Chinese national
sport (and recreational pastime) during a brief period of time between the founding of the …

This paper seeks to explain the phenomena of popular foreign vloggers in domestic
Chinese media by using existing theories in propaganda, nationalism, and social identity …

This dissertation asks: why does China pursue expensive and attention-grabbing space
capabilities with limited material payoffs? Like other spacefaring powers, Chinese leaders …

Can interpersonal contact across groups change policy views? While a vast literature
explores the conditions under which inter-personal contact can reduce prejudice, little work …