How Adaptive Propaganda Works: Evidence from China

• In Event: Bureaucratic Institution and Behavior in China

Brief Overview

We propose a dynamic adaptive theory of authoritarian propaganda, suggesting that regimes retract to a contraction strategy when they confront resistance from their expansive approach.

Authors

• Xinzhuo Huang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

• Haibing Yan, East China University of Political Science and Law

• Hongshen Zhu, Lingnan University