DP8246 The Political Economy of Mass Media

Author(s):	Andrea Prat, David Strömberg
Publication Date:	February 2011
Keyword(s):	mass media, political economy
JEL(s):	D7
Programme Areas:	Public Economics
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We review the burgeoning political economy literature on the influence of mass media on politics and policy. This survey, which covers both theory and empirics, is organized along four main themes: transparency, capture, informative coverage, and ideological bias. We distill some general lessons and identify some open questions.