Ideological polarization and the media |
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| Authors: | Mickael Melki Andrew Pickering |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Economics, University of Fribourg, Bd de Pérolles 90, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland;2. THEMA, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, France;3. Department of Economics, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK |
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| Abstract: | Greater media presence may facilitate information transmission and consensus or amplify existing political differences. In the OECD greater media penetration is strongly correlated with reduced ideological polarization. Media penetration increases lead reductions in polarization, suggesting that this relationship is causal. |
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| Keywords: | D72 L82 |
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