corruption scandals in the Italian Regional Health Systems by two important national newspapers having opposite ideology, La … find any evidence of the existence of neither an electoral cycle, nor an ideological bias in the coverage of corruption …We investigate the existence of an "electoral cycle bias" in the timing of media coverage of news with high political …

This paper analyzes the role of political discussion during the 2008 election campaign with a special focus on how …

rise in media bias affects the election outcome in a non-monotonic way, and reduces voter welfare by decreasing the …We develop a tractable theory to study the impact of biased media on election outcomes, voter turnout and welfare. News … elections, the former determines the election outcome, whereas the latter drives voter turnout. With a single media outlet, a …

debating certain issues. It combines and analyzes datasets based on electoral programs and election news coverage of national … issues with parties that emphasized these issues in the past or increased their emphasis at the current election. In contrast …