Information and Public Choice : From Media Markets to Policy Making

Information and Public Choice : From Media Markets to Policy Making

Contents of the report are: Overview : from media markets to policy; by Roumeen Islam. The media's influence on public policy decisions; by David Stromberg, and James M. Snyder Jr. National media and local political participation : the case of...

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Main Author:	Islam, Roumeen
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC : World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ABORTION ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADVERTISEMENTS ANTI CORRUPTION ASSETS BASIC BROADCAST TELEVISION BROADCASTING CENSORSHIP CENTRAL AMERICA CHILD LABOR CITIZENS CIVIC PARTICIPATION CLEAN GOVERNMENT COMMUNITIES COMPETITION LAW COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPLAINTS CONSUMER BEHAVIOR COPYING CORRUPT CORRUPTION CORRUPTION PERCEPTION CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX CRIME CRIMINAL CURRENT POPULATION DATA SOURCES DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISABILITY DISASTERS DISSEMINATION DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION DOCUMENTS E-MAIL EARTHQUAKE EM ENTERTAINMENT EPIDEMIC EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION FOREIGN POLICY FREE PRESS FREEDOM OF INFORMATION FREEDOM OF SPEECH FREEDOM OF THE PRESS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HUMAN CAPITAL ILLITERACY IMAGES INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTIGATOR JOURNALISTS JUDICIARY JUSTICE LAWS LEADERSHIP LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL STATUS LITERACY LOCAL RADIO STATIONS LOCAL TELEVISION MARKET ECONOMY MASS MEDIA MEDIA MEDIA ATTENTION MEDIA COVERAGE MINORITY NATURAL DISASTERS NETWORKS NEWS STORIES OPEN SOCIETY PENALTIES POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY CHANGE POLICY DECISIONS POLICY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY PROCESS POLITICAL AGENDAS POLITICAL CORRUPTION POLITICAL ISSUES POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL TURMOIL POLITICIAN POLITICIANS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY REDUCTION PRACTITIONERS PROCUREMENT PROGRAMMING PROGRAMS PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC OPINION PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLISHING PURCHASING POWER QUALITY OF EDUCATION RADIO RADIO PROGRAM RADIO STATIONS RELIGIOUS BELIEFS REMEDY REPORTER RESPECT RIGHT-WING RIGHTS AGENDA RURAL AREAS SCHOOL QUALITY SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICE SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TELEVISION TELEVISION CHANNELS TELEVISION NETWORK TELEVISION STATIONS TRANSPARENCY TRIAL UNEMPLOYMENT VICTIMS WWW
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9780815/information-public-choice-media-markets-policy-making http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6509

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Summary:	Contents of the report are: Overview : from media markets to policy; by Roumeen Islam. The media's influence on public policy decisions; by David Stromberg, and James M. Snyder Jr. National media and local political participation : the case of the New York Times; by Lisa M. George, and Joel Waldfogel. Minority-targeted local media and voter turnout : a summary; by Joel Waldfogel. I'm news, are you? Newspaper coverage of elected vs. appointed officials; by Riccardo Puglisi, and James M. Snyder Jr. The political impact of media bias; by Stefano DellaVigna, and Ethan Kaplan. Market forces and news media in Muslim countries; Matthew Gentzkow, and Jesse M. Shapiro. Political economy of media capture; by Maria Petrova. Fostering an independent media with a diversity of views; by Joseph Stiglitz. Media regulation in the United States; by Jonathan Levy. Aspects of two media models : France and the United Kingdom and European Union (EU) media governance; by Pierre-Yves Andrau. Three countries : three stories; by Edetaen Ojo, Ziad Majed, and Bambang Harymurti.