Calm, Cool, Collected: How Personality Cues of Dissidents Drive State Repression Under Autocracy

• In Event: Measuring Personality

Brief Overview

This study shows that perceived personality cues of dissidents predict repression targeting in autocracies: Conscientiousness and Emotional Stability double the risk of repression via hostile media framing and network embeddedness.

Author

• Georgy Tarasenko, Cornell University