Talk Authoritarian to Me: Measuring Authoritarianism Using Speech

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Brief Overview

We develop a new methodological tool for assessing authoritarianism among political elites by conceptualizing and measuring authoritarian dispositions as a set of language patterns.

Authors

• Julie Ann Wronski, University of Mississippi

• Jonathan D Klingler, University of Mississippi

• Adam Joseph Ramey, New York University Abu Dhabi

• Gary Hollibaugh, University of Pittsburgh