Fostering Democratic Citizenship: Mass Media's Role on Voter Accuracy of Party Positions in Electoral Contexts

• In Event: Informed Citizens, Media Choice, and Post-Truth in a Comparative Context

Brief Overview

I find that election campaigns are effective at increasing voter accuracy of party positions in open-media countries whereas they decrease voter accuracy in controlled-media countries.

Author

• Semih Ali Semih Cakir, Université de Montréal