Telecracy: Testing for Channels of Persuasion

被引：45

作者：

Barone, Guglielmo ^{[1
]}

D'Acunto, Francesco ^{[2
]}

Narciso, Gaia ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Bank Italy, I-40124 Bologna, Italy

[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Haas Sch Business, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[3] Univ Dublin Trinity Coll, Dept Econ, Dublin 2, Ireland

来源：

AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY | 2015年 / 7卷 / 02期

关键词：

REGRESSION DISCONTINUITY DESIGNS; MEDIA BIAS; VOTER TURNOUT; NEWS; INFERENCE;

D O I：

10.1257/pol.20130318

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We consider the long-lived slant towards Berlusconi in political information on Italian television (TV). We exploit a shock to the slanted exposure of viewers: idiosyncratic deadlines to switch to digital TV from 2008 to 2012, which increased the number of freeview channels tenfold. The switch caused a drop in the vote share of Berlusconi's coalition by between 5.5 and 7.5 percentage points. The effect was stronger in towns with older and less educated voters. At least 20 percent of digital users changed their voting behavior after the introduction of digital TV. Our evidence is consistent with the existence of persuasion-biased viewers.

引用

页码：30 / 60

页数：31

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