-educational media content as a factor in the widening educational gender gap. Based on time-use data, we show that a possible …

) of our 2015 paper "Media Influences on Social Outcomes: The Impact of MTV's 16 and Pregnant on Teen Childbearing." In …

social media and show that it is fragile and highly sensitive to the choice of included periods and to the use of weights. We …

Can media coverage of a terrorist organization encourage their execution of further attacks? This paper analyzes the …

Can media coverage of shooters encourage future mass shootings? We explore the link between the day-to-day prime time …

This paper systematically analyzes media attention devoted to terrorist attacks worldwide between 1998 and 2012 …. Several aspects are related to predicting media attention. First, suicide missions receive significantly more coverage, which … heightened media attention. Second, less attention is devoted to attacks in countries located further away from the US. Third …

In democracies voters rely on media outlets to learn about politically salient issues. This raises an important … question: how strongly can media affect public perceptions? This paper uses a natural experiment – the staggered introduction … of the Digital TV signal in Italy – to measure the effect of media persuasion on the perceptions individuals hold. We …

broadband policy increased overall Internet and broadband take-up among private households …

How does the internet affect young people's mental health? We study this question in the context of Italy using … combine with information on the availability of highspeed internet at the municipal level. Our identification strategy … previously irrelevant but became salient after the advent of the internet. We find that access to high-speed internet has a …