The politics of persuasion: economic policy and media bias in the modern era

Acknowledgments

Introduction: political officials, the news, and public opinion

The research on media bias

Split party government and reporting on the minimum wage, 1996 and 2007

Unified republican government : debating tax cuts and social security, 2001-2005

Unified democratic government : debating the stimulus and executive pay, 2009

The attack dog bias? : bad news and economic policy, 1996-2009

Media effects on public opinion

Media coverage and its effects: expanded case studies, 1993-2014

Experimental evidence of media effects on public opinion

Conclusion.