Elizabeth Stein is a doctoral student in political science at UCLA. Her dissertation is titled Leading the Way: The Media and the Struggle for Democracy. Stein has worked in corporate public relations, sports marketing and as a freelance writer and editor. In 2004-2005, she conducted fieldwork in Brazil and Chile as a Fulbright scholar. Stein received her M.S. from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 1997 and her B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Stein’s research at the Shorenstein Center examined political activists’ use of the media to gauge government tolerance and assess the risk of participation in anti-regime activities amid authoritarian rule.
Mainstream Newspaper Coverage: A Barometer of Government Tolerance for Anti-Regime Expression in Authoritarian Brazil
October 1, 2007
A paper by Elizabeth A. Stein, spring 2007 fellow, evaluates the theory that in authoritarian regimes, leaders of civil society follow the mainstream press not so much for the specific information it provides, but rather as a barometer for the government’s tolerance for opposition activities or to gauge the government’s ability to quash such activities.
