Looking at TV news viewership in Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic using actual consumption data, we investigate … whether demand for national and local news depends on national or local epidemiological developments, as measured by the … both national news and, more surprisingly, local news responds to the national epidemiological developments rather than to …

analyze this question in the context of the Nazi-fascist occupation of Italy during WWII. We study the effect of BBC radio … monthly sunspot activities affecting the sky-wave propagation of BBC broadcasting towards Italy, we show that BBC radio had a …

We analyze minute-by-minute, individual level data on viewership for Italian TV news broadcasts, matched with detailed … gender, age, and TV channel. For example, young people are relatively more likely to switch away from hard news than soft … data on content. We study viewer behavior, especially the decision of viewers to switch away from a news program as a …

have had in Italy, we aim to shed some light on the subject. More precisely, a synthetic control method approach suggests … that Bolzano, the first province in Italy to have opened the schools after the summer break, has way more cases than its …