Media Penetration and Regime Change in Autocracies

• In Event: Media, Censorship and Disinformation Across Regime Types

Brief Overview

Media penetration can both promote and hinder regime change in autocracies, depending on the level of the regime’s control over the media. Media penetration promotes regime change when the media is free while hindering regime change when it is not.

Author

• Shuyuan Shen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign