Publication Partnerships
Legitimation
Publication partnerships exploit media outlets’ economic vulnerabilities to embed state-produced narratives within trusted independent publications, leveraging audience trust in editorial brands to legitimize propaganda while circumventing direct state media channels.
Publication partnerships exploit media outlets’ economic vulnerabilities to embed state-produced narratives within trusted independent publications, leveraging audience trust in editorial brands to legitimize propaganda while circumventing direct state media channels.
FIMI Taxonomy by Information Epidemiology Lab.
Citation
BibTeX citation:
@article{li2026,
author = {Li, E. Rosalie},
title = {Publication {Partnerships}},
date = {2026-02-17},
url = {https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/publication-partnerships.html},
langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Li, E. Rosalie. 2026. “Publication Partnerships,” February.
https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/publication-partnerships.html.