Mass media can play a key role in enabling citizens to monitor the actions of incumbents and to use this information in their voting decisions. Thiscan lead to government which is more accountable and responsive to itscitizens’ needs. In spite of the intuitive plausibility of the proposition,...

Aiming to examine political expressions and commentaries in the age of globalization, this study on media and politics looks into modern media available on the internet, such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. It is found that modern media play a major role in political expressions and...

This article provides a review of recent literature in economics on the effect of mass media on politics. The focus is on the welfare effects of mass media. I also discuss the likely implications of existing behavioral theories of media effects, developed outside of economics