Media-driven polarization : evidence from the US

Mickael Melki and Petros G. Sekeris

Using US data of media's coverage of politics and individual survey data, the authors document that in the states with a greater coverage of politics, citizens especially exposed to newspapers have more polarized preferences, partly coming from better political knowledge, and resulting in a higher political involvement measured as contributions to political parties and candidates.

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Year of publication:	[2019]
Authors:	Melki, Mickael ; Sekeris, Petros
Publisher:	Kiel : Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Subject:	Media \| ideological polarization \| Ideologie \| Ideology \| Politische Einstellung \| Political attitudes \| USA \| United States

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 15 Seiten) Illustrationen
Series:	Economics : the open-access, open-assessment e-journal. - Kiel : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 1867-8009, ZDB-ID 2324936-5.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Research data:	https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/B52BHA
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/194880 [Handle]
Classification:	K4 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior ; H0 - Public Economics. General
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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