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Since objective news coverage is vital to democracy, captured media can seriously distort collective decisions. The current paper develops a voting model where citizens are uncertain about the welfare eÞects induced by alternative policy options and derive information about those eÞects from...
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Die abstrakte Frage nach der Macht der Massenmedien in Demokratien wird - durch ein theoretisches Konzept von … die durch die Massenmedien veröffentlichte öffentliche Meinung auf die politische Wahlentscheidung von Bürgern und damit … Auswahl der politischen Entscheidungsträger? 2. Welchen Einfluß hat die durch die Massenmedien veröffentlichte Meinung direkt …
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This paper contributes to the literature by carrying out the first econometric investigation into the role of television in the formation of political consensus in Italy. Based on probit and instrumental variables estimates, we find trust in television to be the most significant predictor of...
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This paper aims to investigate the impacts of Civic Media, such as access to the Internet, mobile phones and use of social media, on the progress of democratization in Hong Kong. It focuses on one dimension: effects on social movements. Hong Kong is selected as a target of study because the...
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Since objective news coverage is vital to democracy, captured media can seriously distort collective decisions. The current paper develops a voting model where citizens are uncertain about the welfare effects induced by alternative policy options and derive information about those effects from...
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Since objective news coverage is vital to democracy, captured media can seriously distort collective decisions. The current paper develops a voting model where citizens are uncertain about the welfare effects induced by alternative policy options and derive information about those effects from...
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