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After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at lainiciativadecomunicacion.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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Information and Public Choice: From Media Markets to Policymaking

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  • Roumeen Islam (ed.)

This book addresses the factors that affect the content and reach of news coverage as well as its impact on public policy. Contributors address both market constraints that affect media - particularly news content - and the impact that news reporting has on economic and political choices. For instance, the media can affect behaviour by informing voters about a politician's views or actions, enlightening citizens to outcomes of public policy, or taking a stance on political, social, or economic issues. Considering that the media is the main source of information on public policy choices and current social and economic conditions, what news the media chooses to gather, analyse, and disseminate - and the slant they choose to put on what they report - is of consequence. Operating on that understanding, the authors examine a range of issues, including bias or slant in media reporting, the impact of markets and nonmarket factors on news reporting, and the role of government regulation of the media sector in developing countries.

 

Table of Contents:

  1. Overview: From Media Markets to Policy - by Roumeen Islam
  2. The Media's Influence on Public Policy Decisions - by David Strömberg and James M. Snyder, Jr.
  3. National Media and Local Political Participation: The Case of the New York Times - by Lisa M. George and Joel Waldfogel
  4. Minority-Targeted Local Media and Voter Turnout: A Summary - by Joel Waldfogel
  5. I'm News, Are You? Newspaper Coverage of Elected vs. Appointed Officials - by Riccardo Puglisi and James M. Snyder, Jr.
  6. The Political Impact of Media Bias - by Stefano DellaVigna and Ethan Kaplan
  7. Market Forces and News Media in Muslim Countries - by Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
  8. Political Economy of Media Capture - by Maria Petrova
  9. Fostering an Independent Media with a Diversity of Views - by Joseph Stiglitz
  10. Media Regulation in the United States - by Jonathan Levy
  11. Aspects of Two Media Models: France and the United Kingdom and EU Media Govenance - by Pierre-Yves Andrau
  12. Three Countries: Three Stories - by Edetaen Ojo, Ziad Majed, and Bambang Harymurti

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248

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World Bank CommGAP's bi-weekly Blog Update, "What's New on People, Spaces, Deliberation" - July 3 2008; and World Bank blog.