Moderation from Bias: A Field Experiment on Partisan Media in a New Democracy.

Partisan media are often blamed for polarization in newly liberalized regimes. However, there is little empirical work on the subject, and information-processing theories suggest that extreme position taking is only one possible response to opinionated news. Rather, we theorize that partisan media m...

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Published in:	Journal of Politics Vol. 77; no. 2; pp. 575 - 588
Main Authors:	Conroy-Krutz, Jeffrey, Moehler, Devra C.
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Chicago Press Apr2015
Subjects:	Ghana New Patriotic Party (Political party : Ghana) National Democratic Congress (Ghana) Partisanship Mass media Public opinion Political attitudes Elections Prejudices Social history Public affairs radio programs Ghanaian politics & government Twenty-first century
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