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This dissertation addresses the questions of what kind of political information is provided by media outlets and how media environments affect electoral politics.\n\nIn my first essay, I investigate the effect of the entry of television on U.S. presidential elections from 1944 to 1964. I first show that television increases the importance of the national economy. Second, I show that television weakens the relationship between the circulation of partisan newspapers and the party vote share. In addition, I show that the crowding out of political information by television does not drive these results. I find that television is not associated with a drop in newspaper circulation and people are just as likely to read about campaigns in newspapers when television becomes available. These findings suggest that television can be a valuable source of political information.\n\nIn the second essay, coauthored with Angela Fonseca Galvis and James Snyder, we study the effect of competition on media
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This dissertation addresses the questions of what kind of political information is provided by media outlets and how media environments affect electoral politics.\n\nIn my first essay, I investigate the effect of the entry of television on U.S. presidential elections from 1944 to 1964. I first show that television increases the importance of the national economy. Second, I show that television weakens the relationship between the circulation of partisan newspapers and the party vote share. In addition, I show that the crowding out of political information by television does not drive these results. I find that television is not associated with a drop in newspaper circulation and people are just as likely to read about campaigns in newspapers when television becomes available. These findings suggest that television can be a valuable source of political information.\n\nIn the second essay, coauthored with Angela Fonseca Galvis and James Snyder, we study the effect of competition on media
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