Dialogue with the dictator : authoritarian legitimation and information management in Putin's Russia / Hannah S. Chapman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chapman, Hannah S., 1989- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in politics--Russia (Federation).

Communication in politics.

Political participation--Russia (Federation).

Political participation.

Mass media and public opinion--Russia (Federation).

Mass media and public opinion.

Authoritarianism--Russia (Federation).

Authoritarianism.

Technology and state--Russia (Federation).

Technology and state.

Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-.

Russia (Federation).

Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952---Public opinion.

Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 253 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"Shows how autocrats structure interaction between citizens and leaders to manage information dilemmas and build regime legitimacy. Uses interviews, original surveys, and text analysis to highlight the tools used by Russian President Vladimir Putin to reinforce his now twenty-year rule-and how these tools may backfire against the regime"--

Contents:

A theory of participatory technologies

Varieties of participatory technologies in non-democracies

The direct line with Vladimir Putin

Information management, performative governance, and image making in the direct line

Manufacturing consent : the impact of participatory technologies on political attitudes

Who buys in? The conditional and polarizing effects of participatory technologies

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Feb 2024).

ISBN:

9781009427531

1009427539

9781009427562

1009427563

9781009427548

1009427547