Look Up at That Mansion on the Hill: Does Mass Media Activate the Politics of Resentment?

• In Event: JSS SESSION: Media Portrayals of Out-groups

Brief Overview

Using county-level data we show that the effects of addiction and economic misery on electoral shifts towards the Republican party in 2016 are stronger in rural counties that are part of the media markets of large cities.

Authors

• Michael E. Shepherd, Vanderbilt University

• Marc James Trussler, Washington University