a column by Filip Matějka and Guido Tabellini for VOX: CEPR’s Policy Portal
Digital technologies provide a vast and accessible supply of information for voters. And yet, research suggests that the American electorate is no better informed than it was in the late 1980s.
This column argues that the digital revolution has changed the distribution of news and data, increasing informational asymmetries across issues, amplifying the influence of extremist voters, and diverting attention away from important but non-controversial policies.
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digital_revolution, news, information, voter_behaviour, politics,
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