Mere Puffery or Convincing Claims? Rebel News and Civilian Perceptions of the Balance of Power.
How does rebel news affect the way civilians perceive the balance of power during conflict? While media campaigns are a common tactic during conflict for both insurgents and governments, there is very little empirical research that explores their effect on civilians. I argue that these campaigns pla...
| Publicado en: | International Studies Quarterly Vol. 69; no. 1; pp. 1 - 10 |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Oxford University Press / USA
Mar2025
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=184253410&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 184253410 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00208833 ISQ jtl: International Studies Quarterly issn: 00208833 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2025 vid: 69 iid: 1 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 184253410 10.1093/isq/sqae142 ppf: 1 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T db: hlh ui: 184253410 – @attributes: type: P db: hlh ui: 184253410 tig: atl: Mere Puffery or Convincing Claims? Rebel News and Civilian Perceptions of the Balance of Power. aug: au: Lucas, Caleb affil: Indiana University - Bloomington, USA su: Afghanistan Kabul (Afghanistan) Taliban Balance of power Mass media Frames (Social sciences) Social conflict Public opinion Information asymmetry Narratives Advertising campaigns sug: subj: Balance of power Mass media Frames (Social sciences) Social conflict Public opinion Information asymmetry Afghanistan Kabul (Afghanistan) Taliban Advertising Material Distribution Services Narratives Advertising campaigns ab: How does rebel news affect the way civilians perceive the balance of power during conflict? While media campaigns are a common tactic during conflict for both insurgents and governments, there is very little empirical research that explores their effect on civilians. I argue that these campaigns play an important role in the construction of a rebel group's reputation during conflict and the perception of their organization among non-combatants. This is because civilians suffer from an information disadvantage and struggle to accurately gauge the relative strength of actors in the conflict. I exploit the plausibly random introduction of the Taliban's official radio station in Kabul during May 2018 to test the effect of rebel news on civilian attitudes. NATO's Afghanistan Nationwide Quarterly Assessment Research survey happened to field a wave directly before and after this event. I use difference-in-differences to estimate the effect of exposure to the Taliban's news and demonstrate that it increased perceptions of the group's strength. This finding has important implications for the study of civilian attitude formation and support during conflict. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|