Vergne, Clémence - HAL - 2011
understudied is the effect of mass media, as the main source of political information, on voter turnout in new democracies. This … theoretical framework suggests that media access and freedom affect turnout. We test our predictions in a sample of 60 developing … countries over the period 1980-2005. We find that media penetration, as measured by radio ownership, fosters turnout, whereas …