Voices from the Shadows: Exploring Authoritarianism through the Words of 20th Century Dictators

• In Event: Political Psychology of Authoritarianism

Brief Overview

We use topic modeling to analyze the words of dictators in the modern era allowing us to compare and contrast authoritarian leaders and how well their language and rhetoric map onto the dimensions of the Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale.

Authors

• Richard Kornrumpf, University of California-Davis

• Patrick Bernhard, University of California-Davis