Media Reflects! Policy, the Public, and the News

• In Event: Media's Influence on Public Opinion

Brief Overview

It is common to view media as an influence on democratic politics, but media content is not entirely exogenous. This paper analyzes interactions with public preferences and policy decisions and finds that news actually reflects more than it affects.

Authors

• Stuart Soroka, University of California-Los Angeles

• Christopher Wlezien, The University of Texas at Austin