Media slant in economic news: A factor 20

Matthias Heinz and Johan Swinnen

Economics Letters, 2015, vol. 132, issue C, 18-20

Abstract: There is a large difference in German media coverage of job creation and job shedding. Ten times as many articles report on downsizing compared to upsizing. The slant amounts to a factor greater than twenty per job.

Keywords: Media economics; Rational ignorance; Negative news coverage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D83 L82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.04.011

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