This paper examines the role of mass media in countering special interest group influence. I use the concentration of … 1980 to 2002, and compare the reaction of voters to increases in concentration in two different types of media markets: in …-state media markets and out-of-state media markets. Unlike in-state media markets, out-of-state markets focus on neighboring …

This paper sheds light on the links between media and political polarization by looking at the introduction of … simple framework that identifies two channels linking media environment to politicians' incentives to polarize. First, the … ideology effect: changes in the media environment may affect the distribution of citizens' ideological views, with politicians …

I develop a model of the relation between the media environment and political obstructionism. I show that when voters … are less informed by media, obstructionism becomes a more effective political signal for the minority party. The model … thus implies that media change can cause gridlock via signaling; by contrast, the previous literature on causes of gridlock …

quantitative and qualitative media slant against foreign firms. A downsizing foreign firm receives almost twice as much attention … as a domestic firm, and the tone of media reports is more negative. Media slant is a measure for economic xenophobia …

countries, OECD, 2010), we study how media firms internalize the effect of their own coverage on advertisers' sales and hence on … numbers of media firms and outlets, that (i) topics sensitive to advertisers can be underreported by all outlets in the market …

This paper provides a model of the market for news where profit-maximizing media outlets choose their editors from a … population of rational citizens. The analysis identifies a novel mechanism of media bias: the bias in a media outlet's news … optimal to acquire information from a media outlet whose editor has similar ideological preferences. Depending on the …

We present a formal model of government control of the media to illuminate variation in media freedom across countries … and over time. Media bias is greater and state ownership of the media more likely when the government has a particular …' individual best interest; however, the distinction between state and private media is smaller. Large advertising markets reduce …