Information and Public Choice: From Media Markets to Policymaking

Abstract

Contents of the report are: Overview :
\n from media markets to policy; by Roumeen Islam. The
\n media's influence on public policy decisions; by David
\n Stromberg, and James M. Snyder Jr. National media and local
\n political participation : the case of the New York Times; by
\n Lisa M. George, and Joel Waldfogel. Minority-targeted local
\n media and voter turnout : a summary; by Joel Waldfogel.
\n I'm news, are you? Newspaper coverage of elected vs.
\n appointed officials; by Riccardo Puglisi, and James M.
\n Snyder Jr. The political impact of media bias; by Stefano
\n DellaVigna, and Ethan Kaplan. Market forces and news media
\n in Muslim countries; Matthew Gentzkow, and Jesse M. Shapiro.
\n Political economy of media capture; by Maria Petrova.
\n Fostering an independent media with a diversity of views; by
\n Joseph Stiglitz. Media regulation in the United States; by
\n Jonathan Levy. Aspects of two media models : France and the
\n United Kingdom and European Union (EU) media governance; by
\n Pierre-Yves Andrau. Three countries : three stories; by
\n Edetaen Ojo, Ziad Majed, and Bambang Harymurti.