We investigate the existence of an "electoral cycle bias" in the timing of media coverage of news with high political …

What is the role of the media in coordinating and mobilizing insurgency against a foreign military occupation? We …

access only to friendly media outlets and denying access to critical ones. While an incumbent prefers positive bias, granting … gatekeeping can induce a quid pro quo relationship: media provides coverage with positive bias in exchange of future access …, thereby affecting electoral outcomes in favor of incompetent incumbents. The degree of access media enjoy increases with …

The spread of propaganda, misinformation, and biased narratives from autocratic regimes, especially on social media, is …

We survey the empirical literature in economics on the impact of media technologies on social capital. Motivated by a … social and political participation to interpersonal trust, in its benign and destructive manifestations. The impact of media … networks they create, as well as individual characteristics and media consumption choices. …

communication between an uninformed voter and a media outlet that knows the quality of two competing candidates. The alternatives …

We study the strategic interaction between candidates to office and the print media, exploring the following tension …: while the media is instrumental for candidates to communicate with voters, candidates and media outlets have conflicting … preferences over the contents of media reporting. We propose a model of bipartisan races where candidates make decisions over the …

heterogeneous voters are targeted through media outlets. We discuss its effects on the implemented policy and relate it to the well …