The Role of Media in the Repression-Protest Nexus: A Game-theoretic Model

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorKim, HeeMin
dc.contributor.authorWhitten-Woodring, Jenifer
dc.contributor.authorJames, Patrick
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-28T13:19:38Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-19T21:16:01Z
dc.date.available2016-10-28T13:19:38Z
dc.date.available2020-02-19T21:16:01Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractIdealized independent media function as ‘‘watchdogs.’’ Indeed, human rights nongovernmental organizations have argued that media freedom will improve human rights. This makes sense intuitively, yet recent formal and empirical studies show that the effect of independent media varies across regime types. We explore the relationship among media, government, and citizen protest movements and employ a game-theoretic model to investigate how the equilibria vary depending on regime type and media independence. In terms of equilibrium, we find that media watchdogging is most active in autocracies (and not in democracies), especially when the government’s perceived capability to repress public protest is declining. Uncertainty about the government’s ability to repress plays a central role in accounting for the manifestation of media watchdogging in conjunction with public protest. Illustrations from Tunisia and North Korea are provided to highlight equilibria derived from the formal model that vary as a product of perceptions about the government’s ability to repress.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Conflict Resolution (2015) 59:6, 1017-1042en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12517/189
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.subjectmediaen_US
dc.subjectprotesten_US
dc.subjectgame theoryen_US
dc.subjectrepressionen_US
dc.subjectdemocracyen_US
dc.subjectfreedom of the pressen_US
dc.subjectrepression and dissenten_US
dc.titleThe Role of Media in the Repression-Protest Nexus: A Game-theoretic Modelen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Role of Media in the Repression and Dissent Nexus.pdf
Size:
263.34 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Jenifer Whitten-Woodring Article
Download

Collections

Department of Political Science Published Research