The Balanced U.S. Press / Riccardo Puglisi, James M. Snyder, Jr..

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Puglisi, Riccardo.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Snyder, James M, Jr.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w17263.

NBER working paper series no. w17263

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2011.

Summary:

We propose a new method for measuring the relative ideological positions of newspapers, voters, interest groups, and political parties. The method uses data on ballot propositions. We exploit the fact that newspapers, parties, and interest groups take positions on these propositions, and the fact that citizens ultimately vote on them. We find that, on average, newspapers in the U.S. are located almost exactly at the median voter in their states. Newspapers also tend to be centrist relative to interest groups.

Notes:

Print version record

July 2011.