Melki, Mickael; Sekeris, Petros - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 13 (2019) 2019-34, pp. 1-13
The authors use US data on media coverage of politics and individual survey data to document that citizens exposed to more politicized newspapers have more extreme political preferences. This polarization effect of media is mainly driven by individuals who harbor liberal opinions reading more...