Replication data for: Telecracy: Testing for Channels of Persuasion
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Guglielmo Barone; Francesco D'Acunto; Gaia Narciso
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Project Citation:
Barone, Guglielmo, D’Acunto, Francesco, and Narciso, Gaia. Replication data for: Telecracy: Testing for Channels of Persuasion. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2015. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114587V1
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Summary:
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We consider the long-lived slant towards Berlusconi in political information on Italian television (TV). We exploit a shock to the slanted exposure of viewers: idiosyncratic deadlines to switch to digital TV from 2008 to 2012, which increased the number of free view channels tenfold. The switch caused a drop in the vote share of Berlusconi's coalition by between 5.5 and 7.5 percentage points. The effect was stronger in towns with older and less educated voters. At least 20 percent of digital users changed their voting behavior after the introduction of digital TV. Our evidence is consistent with the existence of persuasion-biased viewers. (JEL D72, D83, L82, L88)
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JEL Classification:
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D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
D83 Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
L82 Entertainment; Media
L88 Industry Studies: Services: Government Policy
D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
D83 Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
L82 Entertainment; Media
L88 Industry Studies: Services: Government Policy
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