Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/82546 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2012:14
Publisher: 
Uppsala University, Department of Economics, Uppsala
Abstract: 
We investigate the effects of the rise of the Internet as an additional mass medium on news consumption patterns and political attitudes. We use Swedish survey data from 2002 to 2007, the period during which online news media emerged. We find that broadband access is associated with online media consumption which, to some extent, crowds out offline consumption. Furthermore, these altered news consumption patterns have no or small effects on political attitudes.
Subjects: 
news
the Internet
political attitudes
JEL: 
D72
D83
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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