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1 - A New Sheriff in Town?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2025

Kevin Arceneaux ,
Johanna Dunaway ,
Martin Johnson  and
Ryan J. Vander Wielen
Kevin Arceneaux
Affiliation:
Sciences Po, Paris
Johanna Dunaway
Affiliation:
Syracuse University
Martin Johnson
Affiliation:
Louisiana State University
Ryan J. Vander Wielen
Affiliation:
State University of New York, Stony Brook
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Summary

This chapter sets up our main research question, which is what effect, if any, did the arrival and proliferation of Fox News have on US politicians? It summarizes the history of Fox News and describes the natural experiment created by the haphazard rollout of Fox News. It goes on to summarize the scholarly literature on media effects and, specifically, how little of it focuses on the behavior of politicians. In turn, it summarizes the scholarly literature on members of Congress and how little of it focuses on the media. It then explains our open science approach.

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Cable proliferationFox News rolloutmedia effectsopen science
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The House that Fox News Built? , pp. 1 - 20
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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