Information and public choice : : from media markets to policy making / / Roumeen Islam, editor

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2008
• Descrizione fisica: xv, 231 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm
• Disciplina: 338.4/730223
• Soggetto topico: Mass media - Economic aspects; Mass media - Political aspects; Mass media and public opinion; Communication in politics; Communication in economic development
• Altri autori: IslamRoumeen
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Editor and Authors; Abbreviations; 1 Overview: From Media Markets to Policy; 2 The Media's Influence on Public Policy Decisions; Table 2.1 Newsworthiness of Disasters; 3 National Media and Local Political Participation: The Case of the New York Times; Table 3.1 Sample Statistics; Table 3.2 Does the New York Times Depress Voting among the College Educated?; Table 3.3 Robustness of Voting Results (Statewide Elections, Residency, and Internet); Table 3.4 Does the New York Times Affect Knowledge of Congressional Candidates? ; 4 Minority-Targeted Local Media and Voter Turnout: A Summary Table 4.1 Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Voter Turnout and the Presence of Spanish-Language Local Television News; Table 4.2 Percent of Black and White Voter Turnout in Locales with and without Black Weekly Newspapers, 1998; Table 4.3 Percent of Black and White Voter Turnout in Locales with and without Black Radio Stations, 1994 and 1998; 5 I'm News, Are You? Newspaper Coverage of Elected vs. Appointed Officials; Table 5.1 Average Newspaper Coverage of Elected vs. Appointed Superintendents ; Table 5.2 Newspaper Coverage of Elected vs. Appointed Superintendents Table 5.3 Newspaper Coverage of Education Superintendents and Governors; Table 5.4 Election-Time Newspaper Coverage of Elected Education Superintendents; Table 5.5 Newspaper Coverage of Elected vs. Appointed Superintendents; 6 The Political Impact of Media Bias; Table 6.1 Survey of Studies on Effect of Media Bias on Political Decisions; Table 6.2 Impact of Fox News on Voting; Table 6.3 Persuasion and Mobilization Rates; 7 Market Forces and News Media in Muslim Countries ; Table 7.1 Consumer Beliefs and Satellite Television Viewership Table 7.2 Consumer Beliefs and Assessments of Quality; Figure 7.1 Country-by-Country Newspaper Coefficients; Table 7.3 Consumption of Local Media; 8 Political Economy of Media Capture; Figure 8.1 Inequality and Media Freedom (Freedom House) for Democratic Countries; Figure 8.2 Inequality and Media Freedom (Freedom House) for Autocracies; Figure 8.3 Media Freedom (Freedom House) and Public Spending on Education for Democracies; Figure 8.4 Media Freedom (Freedom House) and Public Spending on Education for Democracies ; Figure 8.5 Media Freedom (Freedom House) and Public Spending on Health for Democratic Countries Figure 8.6 Media Freedom (Freedom House) and Public Spending on Health for Autocracies; Table 8.1 Regional Media Freedom and Advertisement Revenues, Russian Media; Table 8.2 Description of Variables and Data Sources; Figure 8.7 Fraction of Independent Newspapers in U.S. Counties as a Function of Advertising Rates in 1881; 9 Fostering an Independent Media with a Diversity of Views; 10 Media Regulation in the United States ; 11 Aspects of Two Media Models: France and the United Kingdom and EU Media Governance
• Sommario/riassunto: The ability of the media to affect outcomes in economic and political markets has been well documented. News reporting and advertising influence consumer behavior in goods and services markets by revealing (or selectively revealing) information about a product, acting as agenda setters to influence consumer demand, or enhancing competition in markets by alerting consumers to substitutes. In political markets, they can affect behavior by informing voters about a politician's views or actions, enlightening citizens to outcomes of public policy, or taking a stance on political, social, or economic
• Titolo autorizzato: Information and public choice
• ISBN: 1-283-30054-0; 9786613300546; 0-8213-7516-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782109703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.