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Replication Data for: Does the Media Matter? A Field Experiment Measuring the Effect of Newspapers on Voting Behavior and Political Opinions |
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Identification Number: |
doi:10.7910/DVN/67UGGG |
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Distributor: |
Harvard Dataverse |
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Date of Distribution: |
2018-07-30 |
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1 |
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Bibliographic Citation: |
Gerber, Alan S.; Karlan, Dean; Bergan, Daniel, 2018, "Replication Data for: Does the Media Matter? A Field Experiment Measuring the Effect of Newspapers on Voting Behavior and Political Opinions", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/67UGGG, Harvard Dataverse, V1 |
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Title: |
Replication Data for: Does the Media Matter? A Field Experiment Measuring the Effect of Newspapers on Voting Behavior and Political Opinions |
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Identification Number: |
doi:10.7910/DVN/67UGGG |
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Authoring Entity: |
Gerber, Alan S. (Yale University) |
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Karlan, Dean (Northwestern University) |
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Bergan, Daniel (Michigan State University) |
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Distributor: |
Harvard Dataverse |
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Access Authority: |
Gerber, Alan S. |
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Access Authority: |
Karlan, Dean |
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Access Authority: |
Bergan, Daniel |
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Depositor: |
Parrado, Andres |
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Date of Deposit: |
2018-07-09 |
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Holdings Information: |
https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/67UGGG |
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Study Scope |
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Keywords: |
Social Sciences |
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Topic Classification: |
Elections, Information society |
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Abstract: |
We conducted a field experiment to measure the effect of exposure to newspapers on political behavior and opinion. Before the 2005 Virginia gubernatorial election, we randomly assigned individuals to a Washington Post free subscription treatment, a Washington Times free subscription treatment, or a control treatment. We find no effect of either paper on political knowledge, stated opinions, or turnout in post-election survey and voter data. However, receiving either paper led to more support for the Democratic candidate, suggesting that media slant mattered less in this case than media exposure. Some evidence from voting records also suggests that receiving either paper led to increased 2006 voter turnout. |
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Date of Collection: |
2005-11-2006-11 |
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Country: |
United States |
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Geographic Coverage: |
Virginia, Prince William County |
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Unit of Analysis: |
Individual: Voter |
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Universe: |
Households in Prince William county, Virginia that did not already have a subscription to either the Washington Times or the Washington Post and that completed all questions on the screening survey. The sampling frame for the screening survey was formed from two sources: a list of registered voters and a consumer database. |
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Kind of Data: |
Sample survey data |
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Kind of Data: |
Administrative records data |
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Methodology and Processing |
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Time Method: |
Panel |
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Sampling Procedure: |
Prince William county chosen based on distance to DC; all HH within the county eligible for selection into screening survey The sampling frame was constructed from voter registration lists and a consumer database HH were randomly selected from the list All individuals that finished the screening survey and did not have a newspaper subscription were selected for the trial |
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Mode of Data Collection: |
Interview: Telephone: CATI |
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Sources Statement |
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Weighting: |
No |
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Data Access |
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Notes: |
<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a> |
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Related Materials |
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Gerber, Alan S., Karlan, Dean, and Bergan, Daniel. Replication data for: Does the Media Matter? A Field Experiment Measuring the Effect of Newspapers on Voting Behavior and Political Opinions. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2009. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113559V1 |
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Bergan, Daniel, Gerber, Alan S., and Dean Karlan. 2016. "Does the Media Matter? A Field Experiment Measuring the Effect of Newspapers on Voting Behavior and Political Opinions." AEA RCT Registry. July 26. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.1128-1.0 |
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Gerber, Alan S., Dean Karlan, and Daniel Bergan. 2009. "Does the Media Matter? A Field Experiment Measuring the Effect of Newspapers on Voting Behavior and Political Opinions." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 1 (2): 35-52. |
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Citation |
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Title: |
Gerber, Alan S., Dean Karlan, and Daniel Bergan. 2009. "Does the Media Matter? A Field Experiment Measuring the Effect of Newspapers on Voting Behavior and Political Opinions." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 1 (2): 35-52. |
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Identification Number: |
10.1257/app.1.2.35 |
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Bibliographic Citation: |
Gerber, Alan S., Dean Karlan, and Daniel Bergan. 2009. "Does the Media Matter? A Field Experiment Measuring the Effect of Newspapers on Voting Behavior and Political Opinions." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 1 (2): 35-52. |
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Does_Media_Matter_Replication.zip |
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Text: |
Replication data. |
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Notes: |
application/zip |