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How the media matters for the economic vote : evidence from Britain
Basu, Chitralekha - 2022
This study uses data from the 2005-10 British Election Panel Study to examine the effect of media coverage on voter … readers' previous assessments of the Labour party. I thus demonstrate that media framing of economic events, through its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013175696
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'To Infinity and Beyond!' - A Genre-Specific Film Analysis of Movie Success Mechanisms
Kaimann, Daniel - 2013
The objective of this study is the analysis of movie success mechanisms in a genre-specific context. Instead of the examination of all time box office champions, we focus on the two film genres of computer animated and comic book based films. By introducing the concept of the motion-picture...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014169072
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Media bias and advertising : evidence from a German car magazine
Dewenter, Ralf; Heimeshoff, Ulrich - 2014
This paper investigates the existence of a possible media bias by analyzing the impact of automobile manufacturer … serious biases in estimating media bias caused by omitted variables. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010249690
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Media bias and advertising : evidence from a German car magazine
Dewenter, Ralf; Heimeshoff, Ulrich - 2014
This paper investigates the existence of a possible media bias by analyzing the impact of automobile manufacturer … serious biases in estimating media bias caused by omitted variables. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010344120
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Media Power
Prat, Andrea - 2017
This paper defines the power of a media organization as its ability to induce voters to make electoral decisions they … would not make if reporting were unbiased. It derives a robust upper bound to media power over a range of assumptions about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943975
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Social media and mental health
Braghieri, Luca; Levy, Ro'ee; Makarin, Alexey - 2022
The diffusion of social media coincided with a worsening of mental health conditions among adolescents and young adults … in the United States, giving rise to speculation that social media might be detrimental to mental health. In this paper …, we provide the first quasi-experimental estimates of the impact of social media on mental health by leveraging a unique …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013197560
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What Drives Demand for Government-Controlled News? Evidence from Russia
Simonov, Andrey - 2020
News consumers in many authoritarian countries read government-controlled sources even when independent sources are available. We test whether these choices reflect a preference for pro-government coverage versus persistent tastes for specific websites. We exploit textual data from news...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012853636
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The Persuasive Effect of Fox News : Non-Compliance with Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Simonov, Andrey; Sacher, Szymon; Dubé, Jean-Pierre; … - 2021
To what extent do mass media outlets influence viewers' trust in scientific evidence and compliance with behavior …-at-home behavior. The results imply a media persuasion rate that is larger than typical advertising persuasion rates on consumer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013219941
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Social media and mental health
Braghieri, Luca; Levy, Ro’ee; Makarin, Alexey - 2022
The diffusion of social media coincided with a worsening of mental health conditions among adolescents and young adults … in the United States, giving rise to speculation that social media might be detrimental to mental health. In this paper …, we provide quasi-experimental estimates of the impact of social media on mental health by leveraging a unique natural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013186450
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Social media and mental health
Braghieri, Luca; Levy, Ro'ee; Makarin, Alexey - 2022
The diffusion of social media coincided with a worsening of mental health conditions among adolescents and young adults … in the United States, giving rise to speculation that social media might be detrimental to mental health. In this paper …, we provide the first quasi-experimental estimates of the impact of social media on mental health by leveraging a unique …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013193273