User‐Generated Content, Social Media Bias, and Slant Regulation

Jun Hu

Managerial and Decision Economics, 2025, vol. 46, issue 6, 3527-3537

Abstract: This paper examines the impact of regulatory policies on mitigating media bias in a duopolistic media market where traditional and online formats coexist. The findings demonstrate that introducing a welfare‐maximizing unbiased media outlet reduces media bias and lowers subscription fees, as long as the data source is accurate, whereas a profit‐maximizing unbiased media outlet fails to achieve the same outcome. These insights contribute to ongoing policy discussions on fact‐checking, fact‐reporting, and policies regulating social media.

Date: 2025
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