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The internet, news consumption, and political attitudes
Liang, Che-Yuan; Nordin, Mattias - 2012
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 …. Furthermore, these altered news consumption patterns have no or small effects on political attitudes. …
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Algorithmic Gatekeeping for Professional Communicators: Power, Trust, and Legitimacy
van Dalen, Arjen - 2023
This book provides a critical study of the power, trust, and legitimacy of algorithmic gatekeepers. The news and public … professional communicators. Ultimately, trustworthy algorithms used by news organizations and social media platforms as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014458174
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A Policy Agenda for Diversity and Minority Integration
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
The social and labor market integration of ethnic minorities in the EU is still a major political, societal and economic challenge. Based on evidence presented in Kahanec and Zimmermann (2011), this policy paper proposes an agenda for diversity and minority integration in the European labor...
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Die Einführung von Diversity Management in deutschen Organisationen: Eine neoinstitutionalistische Perspektive
Lederle, Sabine - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) 21 (2007) 1, pp. 22-41
Warum und wie Diversity Management Eingang in deutsche Organisationen fand, wird vor dem theoretischen Hintergrund des organisationssoziologischen Neoinstitutionalismus analysiert. Dazu werden qualitative Interviews mit Diversity-Beauftragten mittels einer wissenssoziologischen Diskursanalyse...
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Nowcasting GDP and inflation: the real-time informational content of macroeconomic data releases
Giannone, Domenico; Reichlin, Lucrezia; Small, David H. - 2006
evaluated by computing "news" on the basis of an evolving conditioning information set. The marginal contribution is then split …
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München führender Standort der deutschen Medien- und IT-Wirtschaft
Geppert, Kurt; Mundelius, Marco - In: DIW Wochenbericht 74 (2007) 51/52, pp. 773-777
Medien und Informationstechnologie gehören in vielen Regionen zu den wirtschaftspolitischen Schwerpunktfeldern, und auch die Bundesregierung ist auf diesem Gebiet standortpolitisch aktiv - zum Beispiel im Rahmen der nationalen "Informationstechnologie-Gipfel". Die einzelnen Segmente dieses...
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The price of media capture and the looting of newspapers in interwar France
Bignon, Vincent; Flandreau, Marc - 2012
This paper develops a new insight enabling the empirical study of media capture: minority shareholders of newspapers and readers face similar risks. Both are adversely affected when corrupt insiders use the newspaper for personal profit and receive invisible revenues. This means that relevant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316814
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Diversity, social goods provision, and performance in the firm
Ellison, Sara; Greenbaum, Jeffrey; Mullin, Wallace P. - 2010
The last decade has seen a growing interest among economists on the effect of diversity on the provision of social goods and the stock of social capital. Indeed, in the workplace, cooperation, trust, and other social goods may be important elements of the smooth functioning of an office, but...
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Female Hires and the Success of Start-up Firms
Weber, Andrea Maria; Zulehner, Christine - 2009
In this paper we investigate the relationship between females among the first hires of start-up companies and business success. Our results show that firms with female first hires have a higher share of female workers at the end of the first year after entry. Further, we find that firms with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277090
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Female hires and the success of start-up firms
Weber, Andrea Maria; Zulehner, Christine - 2009
In this paper we investigate the relationship between females among the first hires of start-up companies and business success. Our results show that firms with female first hires have a higher share of female workers at the end of the first year after entry. Further, we find that firms with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277125