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Guide to Conspiracy Theories Practice Question
Which of the following factors is NOT a predictor of belief in conspiracy theories?
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a. lack of interpersonal trust
b. being a part of a non-minority population
c. insecurity about employment
Studies on conspiracy theories have found that students with lower academic achievement, ineffective stress management and low self-control were ____________ likely to believe in conspiracy theories compared to students who were higher-achieving, better m
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a. more
b. less
c. equally
One study of African Americans in the US found that individuals who were closer to integrated settings were ____________ likely to believe in conspiracy theories compared to those in a more homogeneous setting.
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a. less
b. more
c. equally
Studies of conspiracy theories in the Middle East found that _______________ were more likely to subscribe to conspiracy theories than their counterparts.
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a. scapegoated minorities
b. those living in societies of relative decline
c. both a. and b.
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Economics of the Media
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(41 videos)
Basic economics of media
The importance of fixed costs
Practice Questions
Non-rivalry in consumption
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Spatial models
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Network externalities
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Some economics of advertising
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The economics of payola
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Payola and conflict of interest
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Rossman Payola 1
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Rossman Payola 2
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Does consolidation lower variety?
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Multiple equilibria
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History of media economics
Steven Pearlstein on newspapers (Optional)
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James Hamilton, Markets for News (Optional)
Media bias
What drives media slant?
Practice Questions
Does competitiveness lower bias?
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Balance for ballot propositions
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Newspapers and agenda setting
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Ideological segregation
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The danger of stories
Media and government
Spectrum auctions, spectrum liberalization and the incomplete triumph of Coase
State ownership
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Net Neutrality by Jerry Brito
Network economics and 'net neutrality' regulation by Adam Thierer
Weak and strong natural monopoly
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Cable TV regulation
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Bundling
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Copyright and music
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Can the government influence private media?
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The unintended consequences of media
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The cultural diversity critique of markets
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Guide to Conspiracy Theories
Practice Questions
Media and economic development
Avant-garde and popular art
The economics of Bollywood
Practice Questions
Cable TV and women
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Food crises and India’s media
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Exposing corruption in Brazil
Practice Questions
What to do about HIV/AIDS?
Practice Questions
James T. Hamilton, “All the News That Fits to Sell”
Thomas Hazlett, The Law and Economics of Net Neutrality
Tim Groseclose, Media Bias
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Economics of the Media Exam
