Media-driven polarization: Evidence from the US

Mickael Melki and Petros Sekeris

No 2019-28, Economics Discussion Papers from Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Abstract: Using US data of media's coverage of politics and individual survey data, the authors document that in the states with a greater coverage of politics, citizens especially exposed to newspapers have more polarized preferences, partly coming from better political knowledge, and resulting in a higher political involvement measured as contributions to political parties and candidates.

Keywords: media; ideological polarization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H0 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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