What are the political consequences of the diffusion of broadband internet? We address this question by studying the … 2008 US presidential election, the first political campaign where the internet played a key role. Drawing on data from the … FEC and the FCC, we provide robust evidence that internet penetration in US counties is associated with an increase in …

We survey the economics literature on media as it applies to the Internet. The Internet is an important driver behind … media convergence and connects information and communication technologies. While new Internet media share some properties …-tuned tailoring and targeting of ads based on individual user characteristics are common features on many Internet media and social …