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 |
Link to this Page: | cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=8246 |
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.