Political legacies of Italian entertainment TV

Ruben Durante, Paolo Pinotti and Andrea Tesei

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Abstract: To what extent are the media to blame for the rise of populist political leaders? Andrea Tesei and colleagues explore the impact of the light entertainment served up by Silvio Berlusconi's commercial TV network, Mediaset, on his later electoral success.

Keywords: entertainment TV; voting; cognitive abilities; civic engagement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 L82 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-07
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