landslide electoral victory, this study empirically assesses the influence of television (TV) and newspapers on individuals … platform, charisma and attractiveness wield a greater influence on TV watchers of the opposite sex. Television apparently works …

accountability of politicians. We study this in the context of Canada, where until 1958, competition in television markets was … suppressed-Canadians received either public or private television content, but never both. While public television provided … national-level informational content, private television content was distinctly local and more politically relevant to voters …