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Superstars in politics : the role of the media in the rise and success of Junichiro Koizumi
Yamamura, Eiji; Sabatini, Fabio - 2014 - Preprint
This paper explores the role of mass media in people's perceptions of charismatic leaders, focusing on the case of … postal service. The major findings are: (1) the frequency of exposure to mass media is positively related to the support for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010381044
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Electoral cycle bias in the media coverage of corruption news
Le Moglie, Marco; Turati, Gilberto - 2018
We investigate the existence of an "electoral cycle bias" in the timing of media coverage of news with high political …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011818401
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Persuasion and dissuasion in political campaigns : political communication and media coverage in senate races
García Jimeno, Camilo; Yildirim, Pinar - 2024 - This version: January 31, 2024
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014472191
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Going Negative in Autocracy : A Field Experiment at the Moscow Mayoral Elections
Mironov, Maxim - 2020
Modern autocracies today hold elections but employ a number of tactics to control election outcomes. In response to unfairness of elections, opposition may organize negative campaign to persuade the electorate to vote against a regime candidate. The goal of this paper is to measure the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838381
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TV in Times of Political Uncertainty : Evidence from the 2017 Presidential Election in Kenya
Mougin, Elisa - 2020
This paper studies the impact of the staggered introduction of digital television in Kenya between 2013 and 2017 on electoral behavior in times of political uncertainty. I construct a geocoded dataset of Kenyan polling stations and TV reception. After studying the determinants of signal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838690
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Media Competition, Information Provision and Political Participation : Evidence from French Local Newspapers and Elections, 1944-2014
Cage, Julia - 2017
This paper investigates the impact of increased media competition on the quantity and quality of news provided and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012950713
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Competing for Attention - The Effect of Talk Radio on Elections and Political Polarization in the US
Amarasinghe, Ashani; Raschky, Paul - 2022
This paper studies the effects of talk radio, specifically the Rush Limbaugh Show, on electoral outcomes and attitude polarization in the U.S. We propose a novel identification strategy that considers the radio space in each county as a market where multiple stations are competing for listeners'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014081599
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The electric telegraph, news coverage and political participation
Wang, Tianyi - 2023
Using newly digitized data on the growth of the telegraph network in America during 1840-1852, the paper studies the impacts of the electric telegraph on national elections. I use proximity to daily newspapers with telegraphic connections to Washington to generate plausibly exogenous variation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014315749
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The Electric Telegraph, News Coverage and Political Participation
Wang, Tianyi - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Using newly digitized data on the growth of the telegraph network in America during 1840-1852, the paper studies the impacts of the electric telegraph on national elections. I use proximity to daily newspapers with telegraphic connections to Washington to generate plausibly exogenous variation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322855
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Do Elections lead to Informed Public Decisions?
Swank, Otto H.; Visser, Bauke - 2003
Democracies delegate substantial decision power to politicians. Using a model in which an incumbent can design, examine and implement public policies, we show that examination takes place in spite of, rather than thanks to, elections. Elections are needed as a carrot and a stick to motivate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324884