Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Do politicians use the press to get free advertising?

Abstract: "If the media is biased towards conflict, candidates and issues raised negatively will receive more news coverage. I test this hypothesis using a new data set from the 2000 California election. Preliminary results show negative campaigning increases press coverage."
Author:Garrett R. Asay, University of California, Irvine | Source: Center for the Study of Democracy Symposium: Democracy and Its Development.

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