They also may help explain previous findings in political behavior. These patterns make more understandable the somewhat surprising finding of positive coverage and public assessments in the midst of the Great Recession. Results indicate that coverage reflects change in the future economy, and that this both influences and is influenced by public evaluations. Analyses rely on content-analytic data drawn from 30,000 news stories over 30 years in the United States. This article explores the economy, media, and public opinion, focusing in particular on whether media coverage and the public react to changes in or levels of economic activity, and the past, present, or future economy. We nevertheless know little about how media reflect economic trends, and whether they influence (or are influenced by) public economic perceptions. Every month, 275 million people sign on to one of Pincus's addictive games. In an emergency, a bird in hand is still. This Sundays political column on Joystiq gets into the economics of games, and why Canadas encouragement of game developing may have a very positive impact on the industry of the future. In the midst of a public health and economic apocalypse, promises of a just transition ring empty for Americans who understandably just want their jobs back. Its the Economy, Stupid 32 Posted by Zonk on Monday Novem02:21PM from the games-need-cash dept. One can see already that the end of manufacturing is the end of society on a small scale, so it should not take an extraordinary feat of imagination to see the implications as the process continues. Im not the top line economist, but I think this is fairly basic stuff. It thus matters that these perceptions are driven by factors other than the economy, including media coverage. Updated Ma5.03pm first published at 1.36pm. Demands to hold up the recent rescue package over bailouts of the oil, gas, and airline industries were, correctly, perceived as obstructionist. See rustbelt in the US, or anywhere North of Manchester in the UK. Economic perceptions affect policy preferences and government support.

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