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Divide to Conquer: Using Wedge Narratives To Influence Diaspora Communities

As authoritarian regimes increasingly adapt domestic tools for outward-facing propaganda, they often target diasporas for internal stability and foreign policy reasons. We develop a theory of diaspora-targeted propaganda in which autocratic …

Vaccine Nationalism: How China's State Media misinform about Western vaccines and highlight the successes of Chinese vaccines to different audiences

What motivates state-sponsored vaccine misinformation campaigns, given clear scientific evidence of vaccines' efficacy? We explore this issue through the lens of state-owned presses published in mainland China and in Hong Kong. We first collect an …