Authoritarian Country

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An Authoritarian Country is a nation state that is characterized by strong central power (an authoritarian government) and limited political freedoms.



References

2017

  • (Huang, 2017) ⇒ Haifeng Huang. (2017). “A War of (mis) Information: The Political Effects of Rumors and Rumor Rebuttals in An Authoritarian Country.” British Journal of Political Science 47, no. 2
    • QUOTE: ... During the Tiananmen movement that same year in China, as well as many local riots in more recent times, rumors also played a critical role in mobilizing the participants.

      While such cases indicate that rumors can spark or intensify social protests, little is currently known about their effects on public opinion in an authoritarian country during non-crisis times, and whether the government can effectively combat the informational counter-power. Since social crises are rooted in tensions accumulated during ‘normal’ times, understanding how battles over everyday, routine rumors accusing the government of various kinds of wrongdoings influence mass political attitudes will shed important light on the political dynamics in authoritarian countries, particularly regarding how citizens process competing information. ...