Bombs, Broadcasts and Resistance: Allied Intervention and Domestic Opposition to the Nazi Regime During World War II

Adena, Maja; Ениколопов, Рубен; Petrova, Maria; Voth, Hans‐Joachim

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3661643

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“…One likely source of concern is the dual-use dilemma, that is, the inescapable fact that technologies can be used for both noble and malicious aims. For instance, during the Second World War, radio was used as a propaganda tool by Nazi Germany 5 , whereas allied radio, such as the BBC, supported resistance against the Nazi regime, for example, by providing tactical information on allied military activities 6,7 . In the context of the Rwandan genocide, radio was used to incite Rwandan Hutus to massacre the country's Tutsi minority 8 .…”

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A systematic review of worldwide causal and correlational evidence on digital media and democracy

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One of today’s most controversial and consequential issues is whether the global uptake of digital media is causally related to a decline in democracy. We conducted a systematic review of causal and correlational evidence (N = 496 articles) on the link between digital media use and different political variables. Some associations, such as increasing political participation and information consumption, are likely to be beneficial for democracy and were often observed in autocracies and emerging democracies. Other associations, such as declining political trust, increasing populism and growing polarization, are likely to be detrimental to democracy and were more pronounced in established democracies. While the impact of digital media on political systems depends on the specific variable and system in question, several variables show clear directions of associations. The evidence calls for research efforts and vigilance by governments and civil societies to better understand, design and regulate the interplay of digital media and democracy.

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“…For instance, when radio emerged during the Second World War, it was used as a propaganda tool by Nazi Germany [5], whereas allied radio, such as the BBC, supported resistance against the Nazi regime 1 [6,7]. In the context of the Rwandan genocide, radio was used to incite Rwandan Hutus to massacre the country's Tutsi minority [8].…”

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A Systematic Review of Worldwide Causal and Correlational Evidence on Digital Media and Democracy

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One of today's most controversial and consequential questions is whether the rapid, worldwide uptake of digital media is causally related to a decline in democracy. We conducted a systematic review of causal and correlational evidence (N=498 articles) on the link between digital media and different political variables, such as trust, polarization or news consumption. We further focused on the subset of articles that employed causal inference methods. Across methods, the articles report associations between digital media use and most political variables. Some associations, such as increases in political participation and information consumption, are likely to be beneficial for democracy and were often observed in the Global South and emerging democracies. Other consistently reported associations, such as declining political trust, advantages for populists, and growing polarization, are likely to be detrimental to democracy and were more pronounced in established democracies. We conclude that while the impact of digital media on democracy depends on the specific political variable and the political system in question, several variables show clear directions of associations. We believe that the evidence calls for further research efforts and vigilance by governments and civil societies to better understand and actively design the intimate interplay of digital media and democracy.

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“…Further related papers includeLi et al (2020),Lotti (2020),Sheth and Wright (2020),Allen et al (2021),Andersson et al (2021), Arroyos-Calvera et al (2021,Grimalda et al (2021),Jeworrek and Waibel (2021),Kiss and Keller (2021),Mahmoud and Meyer (2021),Müller and Rau (2021),Shachat et al (2021),Wong et al (2021),Yue et al (2021).6 SeeGrossman and Van Der Weele (2017) for charitable giving andDelaney et al (2014) for financial decisions under cognitive load.7 Examples of the latter include changes in behavior due to disasters(Frey et al, 2011;Hanaoka et al, 2018;Filipski et al, 2019) or due to crises and wars(Voors et al, 2012);Adena et al, 2021. …”

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COVID-19 and pro-sociality: How do donors respond to local pandemic severity, increased salience, and media coverage?

Adena

Harke

2022

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Has the COVID-19 pandemic affected pro-sociality among individuals? After the onset of the pandemic, many charitable appeals were updated to include a reference to COVID-19. Did donors increase their giving in response to such changes? In order to answer these questions, we conducted a real-donation online experiment with more than 4200 participants from 149 local areas in England and over 21 weeks. First, we varied the fundraising appeal to either include or exclude a reference to COVID-19. We found that including the reference to COVID-19 in the appeal increased donations. Second, in a natural experiment-like approach, we studied how the relative local severity of the pandemic and media coverage about local COVID-19 severity affected giving in our experiment. We found that both higher local severity and more related articles increased giving of participants in the respective areas. This holds for different specifications, including specifications with location fixed effects, time fixed effects, a broad set of individual characteristics to account for a potentially changing composition of the sample over time and to account for health- and work-related experiences with and expectations regarding the pandemic. While negative experiences with COVID-19 correlate negatively with giving, both approaches led us to conclude that the pure effect of increased salience of the pandemic on pro-sociality is positive. Despite the shift in public attention toward the domestic fight against the pandemic and away from developing countries’ challenges, we found that preferences did not shift toward giving more to a national project and less to developing countries.

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Bombs, Broadcasts and Resistance: Allied Intervention and Domestic Opposition to the Nazi Regime During World War II

Cited by 9 publications

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A systematic review of worldwide causal and correlational evidence on digital media and democracy

A systematic review of worldwide causal and correlational evidence on digital media and democracy

A Systematic Review of Worldwide Causal and Correlational Evidence on Digital Media and Democracy

COVID-19 and pro-sociality: How do donors respond to local pandemic severity, increased salience, and media coverage?

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