Media markets and politicians involved in scandals

Media markets and politicians involved in scandals. Song, B. K. The Social Science Journal.

In this paper, I study whether TV coverage helps voters punish politicians involved in a scandal. Specifically, I compare the vote shares of U.S. senators implicated in scandals from 1970 through 2000 in two different types of media markets: in-state and out-of-state. An in-state media market is centered in a given state, and an out-of-state is located outside a given state. Therefore, the media consumers in an out-of-state media market receive news contents that focus on neighboring states’ politicians. I find that U.S. senators implicated in scandals receive smaller vote share in in-state media markets. The results suggest that better access to political news helps voters make more informed decisions.

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	title = {Media markets and politicians involved in scandals},
	issn = {0362-3319},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S036233191600015X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.soscij.2016.02.012},
	abstract = {In this paper, I study whether TV coverage helps voters punish politicians involved in a scandal. Specifically, I compare the vote shares of U.S. senators implicated in scandals from 1970 through 2000 in two different types of media markets: in-state and out-of-state. An in-state media market is centered in a given state, and an out-of-state is located outside a given state. Therefore, the media consumers in an out-of-state media market receive news contents that focus on neighboring states’ politicians. I find that U.S. senators implicated in scandals receive smaller vote share in in-state media markets. The results suggest that better access to political news helps voters make more informed decisions.},
	urldate = {2016-03-08},
	journal = {The Social Science Journal},
	author = {Song, B. K.},
	keywords = {Corruption, Elections, Media market, Political accountability},
	file = {ScienceDirect Snapshot:files/54049/S036233191600015X.html:text/html}
}

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