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people to make better choices. In this paper I argue that mass media have an impact over voters' knowledge, reflected on one … media outlet I take into account is radio, starting from its last stage of expansion in Colombia, since the mid 1990s. I use … greater exposure to radio, suggesting an increasing electoral competition. Finally, I find that the presence of local media …
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I analyze a dataset of news from the New York Times, from 1946 to 1997. Controlling for the incumbent President's activity across issues, I find that during the presidential campaign the New York Times gives more emphasis to topics that are owned by the Democratic party (civil rights, health...
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I analyze a dataset of news from the New York Times, from 1946 to 1997. Controllingfor the incumbent President's activity across issues, I find that during the presidentialcampaign the New York Times gives more emphasis to topics that are owned by theDemocratic party (civil rights, health care,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670395
Media play an essential role in democracy by making available valuable information for electoral decisions. In a … framework of political economy of mass media, I inquiry the possibility of capture by rent-seeking o cers in a heterogeneous … electoral environment. This allow me to discuss when relevant information is traded, when government captures media and what e …
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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 …
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We estimate the causal effect of partisan media on voter behavior by exploiting a natural experiment in which Sky News …-to-air launch. We find that exposure to partisan media increased the conservative party's lead by 1.5 percentage points in Australia …'s 2019 federal election. These findings shed light on the role of partisan media in shaping electoral outcomes by influencing …
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Can biased information persuade in the long run? Political information on Italian TV has been biased towards Berlusconi's party since 1994. We exploit a shock to viewers' exposure to Berlusconi bias: idiosyncratic deadlines to switch to digital TV from 2008 to 2012. Digital TV increased the...
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The importance of social media for election campaigning has received a lot of attention recently. Using data from the … 2011 New Zealand General Election and the size of candidates’ social media networks on Facebook and Twitter, we investigate … whether social media is associated with election votes and probability of election success. Overall, our results suggest that …
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We estimate the causal effect of partisan media on voter behavior by exploiting a natural experiment in which Sky News …-to-air launch. We find that exposure to partisan media increased the conservative party's lead by 1.5 percentage points in Australia …'s 2019 federal election. These findings shed light on the role of partisan media in shaping electoral outcomes by influencing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015110645
apply when a group of voters shares a common goal such as accountability and information is delivered via mass media. In …
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