Market-based measures of viewpoint diversity

Adam D. Rennhoff and Kenneth Wilbur ()

Information Economics and Policy, 2014, vol. 26, issue C, 1-11

Abstract: Existing market-based measures of viewpoint diversity in the media have been criticized for lacking a theoretical foundation. This paper proposes a theoretical framework to develop market-based measures of viewpoint diversity. It then uses this framework to develop four viewpoint diversity measures using a panel dataset of local television ratings. Finally, an econometric model relates these viewpoint diversity measures to media ownership variables. It does not appear that market-based measures of viewpoint diversity are strongly related to media ownership structures.

Keywords: L82; L13; Media ownership; Viewpoint diversity; News (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2013.10.002

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