Democracy or videocracy? An econometric analysis of the role of television in the Italian political arena

Fabio Sabatini

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Abstract: This paper contributes to the literature by carrying out the first econometric investigation into the role of television in the formation of political consensus in Italy. Based on probit and instrumental variables estimates, we find trust in television to be the most significant predictor of trust in the Italian prime minister. The latter is also strongly and negatively correlated with trust in the judicial system and tolerance towards immigrants.

Keywords: trust; institutions; democracy; television; media; social capital; Italy; instrumental variables (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 D83 L82 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-05-25
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