Media and Political Persuasion

Evidence from Russia

Bibliographic Data

ID19038637
AuthorsRuben Enikolopov (New Economic School, Office 922, Nakhimovsky pr. 47, Moscow, 117418, Russia.), Рубен Ениколопов (0000-0001-9733-7694, corresponding author), Maria Petrova (0000-0001-7625-5286, New Economic School, Office 905, Nakhimovsky pr. 47, Moscow 117418, Russia.), Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (0000-0002-3496-2086, Paris School of Economics and New Economic School, Office 104A, 48 Bd. Jourdan, 75014 Paris, France.)
Year2011
Volume101
Issue7
Pages3253-3285
Publication date2011-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Economic Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-8282 • E-ISSN: 1944-7981
PublisherAmerican Economic Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1257/aer.101.7.3253
OpenAlexW1547941765
LanguageEN
Citations received202
References cited33

This paper compares electoral outcomes of 1999 parliamentary elections in Russia among geographical areas with differential access to the only national TV channel independent from the government. It was available to three-quarters of Russia's population and its signal availability was idiosyncratic, conditional on observables. Independent TV decreased aggregate vote for the government party by 8.9 percentage points, increased the combined vote for major opposition parties by 6.3 percentage points, and decreased turnout by 3.8 percentage points. The probability of voting for opposition parties increased for individuals who watched independent TV even controlling for voting intentions measured one month before elections. (JEL D72, L82, P26)

Economics · Percentage point · Persuasion · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Turnout · Voting · Demography · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology

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