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What drives media slant? Practice Questions
One study of media bias found that a typical US newspaper,
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a. tends to be slightly more “left-leaning” (democratic)
b. tends to be slightly more “right-leaning” (republican)
c. was not biased toward either political party
Another study of media bias in US newspapers found that newspaper ownership
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a. was a strong predictor of bias
b. had very small implications for bias
c. neither a. nor b.
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Economics of the Media
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(41 videos)
Basic economics of media
The importance of fixed costs
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Non-rivalry in consumption
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Spatial models
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Network externalities
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Some economics of advertising
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The economics of payola
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Payola and conflict of interest
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Rossman Payola 1
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Rossman Payola 2
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Does consolidation lower variety?
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Multiple equilibria
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History of media economics
Steven Pearlstein on newspapers (Optional)
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James Hamilton, Markets for News (Optional)
Media bias
What drives media slant?
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Does competitiveness lower bias?
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Balance for ballot propositions
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Newspapers and agenda setting
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Ideological segregation
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The danger of stories
Media and government
Spectrum auctions, spectrum liberalization and the incomplete triumph of Coase
State ownership
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Net Neutrality by Jerry Brito
Network economics and 'net neutrality' regulation by Adam Thierer
Weak and strong natural monopoly
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Cable TV regulation
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Bundling
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Copyright and music
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Can the government influence private media?
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The unintended consequences of media
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The cultural diversity critique of markets
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Guide to Conspiracy Theories
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Media and economic development
Avant-garde and popular art
The economics of Bollywood
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Cable TV and women
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Food crises and India’s media
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Exposing corruption in Brazil
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What to do about HIV/AIDS?
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James T. Hamilton, “All the News That Fits to Sell”
Thomas Hazlett, The Law and Economics of Net Neutrality
Tim Groseclose, Media Bias
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Economics of the Media Exam
