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Local News Media and Voter Turnout

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  • Martin Baekgaard
  • Carsten Jensen
  • Peter B. Mortensen
  • Søren Serritzlew

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A reasonably high turnout is a quality of a local democracy. In this article, we investigate whether media coverage of politics leads to increased or decreased voter turnout. Based on a unique data set, our analysis shows that local news media coverage has a positive effect on voter turnout, but only if the news media provide politically relevant information to the voters and only at local elections. Both findings are in accordance with the Information Model, which states that rising levels of political relevant information increases the probability of voting.

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  • Martin Baekgaard & Carsten Jensen & Peter B. Mortensen & Søren Serritzlew, 2014. "Local News Media and Voter Turnout," Local Government Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(4), pages 518-532, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:flgsxx:v:40:y:2014:i:4:p:518-532
    DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2013.834253
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    1. Bruno Carvalho & Claudia Custodio & Benny Geys & Diogo Mendes & Susana Peralta, 2020. "Information, Perceptions, and Electoral Behaviour of Young Voters: A Randomised Controlled Experiment," Working Papers ECARES 2020-14, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    2. Giovanni Ramos & Luísa Torre & Pedro Jerónimo, 2023. "No Media, No Voters? The Relationship between News Deserts and Voting Abstention," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-14, June.

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