| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w14445 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 14445 |
| Media Bias and Influence: Evidence from Newspaper Endorsements | |
| Brian G. Knight; Chun-Fang Chiang | |
| 发表日期 | 2008-10-24 |
| 出版年 | 2008 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | This paper investigates the relationship between media bias and the influence of the media on voting in the context of newspaper endorsements. We first develop a simple econometric model in which voters choose candidates under uncertainty and rely on endorsements from better informed sources. Newspapers are potentially biased in favor of one of the candidates and voters thus rationally account for the credibility of any endorsements. Our primary empirical finding is that endorsements are influential in the sense that voters are more likely to support the recommended candidate after publication of the endorsement. The degree of this influence, however, depends upon the credibility of the endorsement. In this way, endorsements for the Democratic candidate from left-leaning newspapers are less influential than are endorsements from neutral or right-leaning newspapers, and likewise for endorsements for the Republican. These findings suggest that voters do rely on the media for information during campaigns but that the extent of this reliance depends upon the degree and direction of any bias. |
| 主题 | Microeconomics ; Welfare and Collective Choice ; Public Economics |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w14445 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/572120 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Brian G. Knight,Chun-Fang Chiang. Media Bias and Influence: Evidence from Newspaper Endorsements. 2008. |
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