Media bias
By: Sendhil Mullainathan [and] Andrei Shleifer
Contributors: Shleifer, Andrei; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Economics
Series: Working paper series / Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics -- working paper 02-33; Working paper (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Economics) -- no. 02-33.
Publisher: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 26
Description: There are two different types of media bias. One bias, which we refer to as ideology, reflects a news outlet's desire to affect reader opinions in a particular direction. The second bias, which we refer to as spin, reflects the outlet's attempt to simply create a memorable story. We examine competition among media outlets in the presence of these biases. Whereas competition can eliminate the effect of ideological bias, it actually exaggerates the incentive to spin stories. Keywords: Media Bias. JEL Classification: D23, L82.
Notes: Title from cover.

"September 2002."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-23).

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