Prestige Signaling

Legitimation
Authoritarian states orchestrate mega-events and monumental infrastructure projects to manufacture narratives of national achievement and international legitimacy that substitute for democratic accountability and complicate international criticism.
Author
Affiliation

E. Rosalie Li

Information Epidemiology Lab

Published

February 17, 2026

Legitimation

Authoritarian states orchestrate mega-events and monumental infrastructure projects to manufacture narratives of national achievement and international legitimacy that substitute for democratic accountability and complicate international criticism.

FIMI Taxonomy by Information Epidemiology Lab.

Citation

BibTeX citation:
@article{li2026,
  author = {Li, E. Rosalie},
  title = {Prestige {Signaling}},
  date = {2026-02-17},
  url = {https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/prestige-signaling.html},
  langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Li, E. Rosalie. 2026. “Prestige Signaling,” February. https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/prestige-signaling.html.