Tolerance, Regime Type, and Media Freedom: Theory and Evidence from Panel Data, 1948–2017

• In Event: Causes and Consequences of Media Bias and Censorship

Brief Overview

While democracies are associated with higher levels of media freedom, and dictatorships tend to have it only if political leaders have incentive to do so, there still exhibits great variations of media freedom within each regime group.

Authors

• Wen-Yang Chang, National Chengchi University

• Greg Chih-Hsin Sheen, National Cheng Kung University

• Yi-ting Wang, National Cheng Kung University