SSRN Electronic Journal,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
Inequality
in
political
participation
and
influence
has
strongly
increased
recent
decades.
In
this
paper,
we
focus
on
three
aspects
of
inequality:
the
increasing
concentration
both
charitable
donations,
growing
gap
descriptive
representation,
persistent
lack
substantive
representation.
Based
existing
literature
as
well
novel
evidence,
relate
these
to
widening
turnout
inequality.
We
then
examine
forms
–
e.g.
rise
small
donors
US
efficiency
policies
aimed
at
improving
Finally,
discuss
new
avenues
for
research.
American Economic Journal Applied Economics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
17(1), P. 337 - 368
Published: Dec. 31, 2024
This
paper
investigates
the
effect
of
media
coverage
on
immigration
attitudes.
It
combines
data
in
French
television
with
individual
panel
from
2013
to
2017
that
records
respondents'
preferred
channel
and
attitudes
toward
immigration.
The
analysis
focuses
within-individual
variations
over
time,
addressing
ideological
self-selection
into
channels.
We
find
increased
polarizes
attitudes,
initially
moderate
individuals
becoming
more
likely
report
extremely
positive
negative
polarization
is
mainly
driven
by
an
increase
salience
immigration,
which
reactivates
preexisting
prejudices,
rather
than
persuasion
effects
biased
news
consumption.
(JEL
D83,
D91,
J15,
J18,
L82)
Annual Review of Economics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: June 10, 2024
Inequality
in
political
participation
and
influence
has
strongly
increased
recent
decades,
breeding
economic
inequality.
In
this
review,
we
focus
on
three
aspects
of
inequality:
the
increasing
concentration
both
charitable
donations,
growing
gap
descriptive
representation,
persistent
lack
substantive
representation.
Based
existing
literature
as
well
novel
evidence,
relate
these
to
widening
turnout
We
then
examine
forms
participation—e.g.,
rise
small
donors
United
States—and
efficiency
policies
aimed
at
improving
Finally,
discuss
new
avenues
for
research.
Oxford Open Economics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
3(Supplement_1), P. i282 - i290
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Abstract
I
comment
on
the
article
in
this
collection
by
Ansell
and
Gingrich,
who
highlight
concept
of
political
inequality.
Then
they
investigate
empirically
whether
inequality
has
risen
line
with
economic
over
past
few
decades
UK.
This
is
an
important
question,
as
can
easily
generate
trap.
focus
last
dimension
that
Gingrich
consider—who
politicians
are—and
it
strongly
linked
to
first
two:
votes
vote
for.
argue
lack
representativeness
may
at
least
partly
explain
rise
abstention.
then
role
played
campaign
finance
regulations
explaining
relationship
between
inequalities.
Finally,
using
example
gender
underrepresentation,
shifting
descriptive
representation
have
concrete
policy
consequences.
Communication Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Aug. 28, 2024
Communication
research
has
long
explored
the
association
between
media
trust
and
news
consumption.
However,
strength
direction
of
this
relationship
have
remained
elusive.
This
study
suggests
a
new
approach
for
investigating
these
complex
relations,
differentiating
usage
associated
with
different
sources
over
time.
Focusing
on
2022
French
election
drawing
data
from
four-wave
panel
survey
(N
=
1,294),
we
utilized
Random
Intercept
Cross-Lagged
Panel
Model
(RI-CLPM)
analysis
to
uncover
two
key
time
effects:
selection
effect,
wherein
reinforces
usage;
influences
trust.
While
effect
driven
by
was
observed
in
right-wing
political
alternative
channel,
leading
linked
more
traditional
television
channels.
By
identifying
effects
their
associations
various
types
outlets,
advances
ongoing
scholarly
debate
around
role
SSRN Electronic Journal,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2021
Is
charitable
giving
politically
motivated?
Do
the
same
people
give
to
both
charities
and
political
parties,
do
they
substitute
between
one
other?
In
this
article,
we
use
novel
administrative
household
panel
data
quantify
empirically
motivations
for
giving,
depending
on
donors'
characteristics
tax
incentives.
Our
dataset
includes
all
households
filling
their
income
and/or
wealth
returns
in
France
2006
2019.
France,
donations
benefit
from
deductions,
but
only
ones
are
eligible
wealth-tax
credit.
To
estimate
cross-price
elasticity
of
exploit
a
natural
experiment:
2018
reform
–
change
taxable
base
that
led
drop
by
two
third
number
liable
households.
Focusing
with
similar
gains
following
using
different
empirical
strategies,
provide
new
evidence
substituability
donations:
according
our
estimates,
one-percent
increase
price
leads
an
around
12%
donations.
Next,
hand-collected
annual
received
public-utility
nonprofit
organizations
combined
textual
analysis,
extent
which
is
political.
findings
have
policy
implications
optimal
regulation
SSRN Electronic Journal,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2022
We
study
how
the
New
York
Times
changes
headlines
after
an
article
has
been
published.
track
35,000
articles
on
newspaper's
home
page
between
February
2021
and
April
2022,
find
that
10%
have
immediate
headline
change
while
11%
undergo
A/B
test
where
two
titles
are
trialed
against
one
another
over
a
short
time
window.
also
collect
every
tweet
of
in
our
data.
first
look
at
which
get
some
form.
Article
type
matters:
popularity
Twitter,
hard
news,
negative
sentiment
headline,
mentions
from
more
partisan
Twitter
accounts
associated
with
changes.
Another
factor
is
social
pressure,
tweets
users
connected
to
reporter
or
newspaper,
leads
lesser
extent
tests.
Next
we
examine
impact
article's
performance
metrics.
After
accounting
for
selection,
increase
popularity.
There
evidence
liberal
political
slant
when
it
tweeted.
analyze
Wall
Street
Journal
shorter
period,
comparable
behavior.
Our
results
implications
distinguishing
supply
demand
driven
models
media
bias,
digitization
may
foster
consolidation,
conditions
under
economic
motives
drive
newspaper
decision-making.
European Economic Review,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
158, P. 104533 - 104533
Published: July 26, 2023
We
propose
a
new
theory
of
media
capture
where
principal
can
either
influence
journalistic
investigation
(internal
capture)
or
let
the
investigate
and
suppress
stories
at
publication
stage
(external
capture).
predict
that
likelihood
internal
increases
with
perceived
corruption.
Conversely,
external
corruption
if
number
outlets
is
large
enough
decreases
otherwise.
Exploiting
survey
data
from
Reporters
Without
Borders,
we
use
Panama
Papers
as
shock
to
provide
empirical
support
for
our
two
predictions.
Both
robotics/AI
(RAI)
and
real
world
labs
(RWL)
are
current
topics
in
public
innovation
promotion
policies,
but
mostly
treated
isolation.
While
RAI
has
a
focus
on
specific
technology
to
serve
society,
RWL
address
the
institutional
context
including
experimental
learning
of
governments
societal
perspectives.
We
particularly
interested
interface
between
way
media
is
reporting
these
two
domains.
This
reflects
key
aspects
social
debate
relation
RWL.We
base
our
analysis
understanding
that
development
diffusion
ultimately
depend
arrangements
developed
alongside
or
lieu
market
also
reflect
needs.
paper
uses
quantitative
text
examine
3,800
German
broadsheet
newspaper
articles
period
2016-2023.
use
Structural
Topic
Modeling
(STM)
with
publication
date
sub-corpus
source
as
covariates
trace
topic
dynamics
topical
prevalence
contrast.
show
dominant
changed
over
time
from
(''Machine
Learning
AI
Development
Methods'')
(''Real-World
Labs
for
Energy
Transition'').
identify
bridge
argue
diverse
include
philosophical
legal
considerations,
funding
application
areas
robots,
e.g.
schools.
As
indicators
domains
(RAI,
RWL),
we
propose
combination
contrast
eigenvector
centrality
psycholinguistic
attributes
evaluate
topics.
These
elements
could
be
broadly
used
exploit
possible
complementarities
government
when
designing
''smart
regulation''
which
targets
several
fields
simultaneously.
Do
news
outlets
push
overly
positive
or
negative
attitudes
to
migration
in
their
coverage,
do
they
try
maintain
a
neutral
and
holistic
perspective
on
the
topic?
To
study
media
slant
context
of
migration,
we
collect
code
migration-related
pictures
that
publish
--
establish
benchmark
compare
them
pro-
anti-migration
ideological
campaigns
use
promotion
materials.
We
find
most
national
Germany
adopt
an
attitude
is
closer
than
campaigns.
All
except
one
tabloid
newspaper
even
when
consumers
become
more
critical
over
time.
Moreover,
all
with
very
diverse
evaluations.
Their
position
largely
follows
political
orientation.
also
our
method
between
Germany,
Hungary,
US.
