Using Local Media to Study Agentic Processes of Subnational Authoritarianism and Democratic Erosion in the United States

• In Event: Communicating Threats to Democracy: Media Narratives and Public Response

Brief Overview

This paper introduces the Subnational United States Democratic Erosion Event Database and assesses the relationship between the health of the local media ecosystem and measures of democracy across states.

Authors

• Jaime Settle, College of William & Mary

• Hannah M Baron, Tulane University