Borrowing influences from social media influencers: How autocrats whitewash human rights violation through foreign propaganda

• In Event: Political Communication and Propaganda

Brief Overview

This experimental study tests if US citizens perceive propaganda messages from influencers as more credible than those from official media, and thus more effective in moving them to adopt a more favorable attitude and policy position toward China.

Author

• Chi Shun Fong, Pennsylvania State University-University Park