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bias on user-generated content platforms are rare. We develop a novel procedure to detect coverage bias - i.e., bias in the … disentangle coverage bias from unobserved heterogeneity between observations. We apply our procedure to Wikipedia and examine … whether it has a coverage bias in its biographies of German (and French) Members of Parliament (MPs). Our analysis reveals a …
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We examine whether the desire for more information is people's dominant motive for reading economic and political news. Drawing on representative samples of the U.S. population with more than 15,000 respondents in total, we measure and experimentally vary people's beliefs about the...
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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 …
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We review the theoretical literature on market determinants of media bias. We present a theoretical framework that …
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bias on user-generated content platforms are rare. We develop a novel procedure to detect coverage bias – i.e., bias in the … disentangle coverage bias from unobserved heterogeneity between observations. We apply our procedure to Wikipedia and examine … whether it has a coverage bias in its biographies of German (and French) Members of Parliament (MPs). Our analysis reveals a …
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This study investigates the effects of variation in "congeniality" of news on Facebook user engagement (likes, shares, and comments). We compile an original data set of Facebook posts by 84 German news outlets on politicians that were investigated for criminal offenses from January 2012 to June...
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In this study, we propose a novel approach to detect supply-side media bias, independent of external factors like … analysis into articles' transition to print and podcasts suggests that increased competition may reduce media bias, indicating …
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In this study, the authors investigate the role of advertising in affecting the extent of bias in the media. When …
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bias. The economic sentiment of the media, consumers and firms does not reflect the actual situation. Finally, we find that …
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