Information and Public Choice: From Media Markets to Policy Making
Washington, DC: World Bank (2008), xv, 231 pp.
Contains tables, acronyms p. xv, index
CC BY
Signature commbox: 10-Development-E 2008
1 Overview: From Media Markets to Policy / Roumeen Islam, 1
2 The Media’s Influence on Public Policy Decisions / David Strömberg and James M. Snyder, Jr., 17
3 National Media and Local Political Participation: The Case of the New York Times / Lisa M. George and Joel Waldfogel, 33
4 Minority-Targeted Local Media and Voter Turnout: A Summary / Joel Waldfogel, 49
5 I’m News, Are You? Newspaper Coverage of Elected vs. Appointed Officials / Riccardo Puglisi and James M. Snyder, Jr., 59
6 The Political Impact of Media Bias / Stefano DellaVigna and Ethan Kaplan, 79
7 Market Forces and News Media in Muslim Countries / Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro, 107
8 Political Economy of Media Capture / Maria Petrova, 121
9 Fostering an Independent Media with a Diversity of Views / Joseph Stiglitz, 139
10 Media Regulation in the United States / Jonathan Levy, 153
11 Aspects of Two Media Models: France and the United Kingdom and EU Media Governance / Pierre-Yves Andrau, 177
12 Three Countries: Three Stories [Nigeria; Lebanon; Indonesia] / Edetaen Ojo, Ziad Majed, Bambang Harymurti, 197
2 The Media’s Influence on Public Policy Decisions / David Strömberg and James M. Snyder, Jr., 17
3 National Media and Local Political Participation: The Case of the New York Times / Lisa M. George and Joel Waldfogel, 33
4 Minority-Targeted Local Media and Voter Turnout: A Summary / Joel Waldfogel, 49
5 I’m News, Are You? Newspaper Coverage of Elected vs. Appointed Officials / Riccardo Puglisi and James M. Snyder, Jr., 59
6 The Political Impact of Media Bias / Stefano DellaVigna and Ethan Kaplan, 79
7 Market Forces and News Media in Muslim Countries / Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro, 107
8 Political Economy of Media Capture / Maria Petrova, 121
9 Fostering an Independent Media with a Diversity of Views / Joseph Stiglitz, 139
10 Media Regulation in the United States / Jonathan Levy, 153
11 Aspects of Two Media Models: France and the United Kingdom and EU Media Governance / Pierre-Yves Andrau, 177
12 Three Countries: Three Stories [Nigeria; Lebanon; Indonesia] / Edetaen Ojo, Ziad Majed, Bambang Harymurti, 197
