Demand for Slant
How Abstention Shapes Voters' Choice of News Media
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9712810 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Santiago Oliveros (0000-0002-4859-9767, University of Essex), Felix Várdy (UC Berkeley and International Monetary Fund) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 125 |
| Issue | 587 |
| Pages | 1327-1368 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ecoj.12169 |
| OpenAlex | W2038250624 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 33 |
Political commentators warn that the fragmentation of the modern media landscape induces voters to withdraw into 'information cocoons' and segregate along ideological lines. We show that the option to abstain breaks ideological segregation and generates 'cross-over' in news consumption: voters with considerable leanings towards a candidate demand information that is less biased towards that candidate than voters who are more centrist. This non-monotonicity in the demand for slant makes voters' ideologies non-recoverable from their choice of news media and generates disproportionate demand for media outlets that are centrist or only moderately biased. It also implies that polarisation of the electorate may lead to an ideological moderation in news consumption. © 2014 Royal Economic Society
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 0,64 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |