
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 A New Sheriff in Town?
- 2 The Roll Out of Fox News and Its Content
- 3 Did Fox News Influence Decisions to Run for Congress?
- 4 Did Fox News Influence How Members of Congress Voted on Legislation?
- 5 Did Fox News Affect Dyadic Representation?
- 6 Did Fox News Affect Collective Representation?
- 7 Politicians Are People, Too
- Appendix Details of Empirical Studies and Statistical Analyses
- References
- Index
- Communication, Society and Politics
2 - The Roll Out of Fox News and Its Content
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 February 2025
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 A New Sheriff in Town?
- 2 The Roll Out of Fox News and Its Content
- 3 Did Fox News Influence Decisions to Run for Congress?
- 4 Did Fox News Influence How Members of Congress Voted on Legislation?
- 5 Did Fox News Affect Dyadic Representation?
- 6 Did Fox News Affect Collective Representation?
- 7 Politicians Are People, Too
- Appendix Details of Empirical Studies and Statistical Analyses
- References
- Index
- Communication, Society and Politics
Summary
This chapter begins with a description of the arrival and proliferation of Fox News across the United States during its early years and concludes with a description and some analyses of Fox News’ content. Both demonstrations are critical to our case. The former is required because our identification strategy requires that we satisfy the assumption that the Fox News rollout was as-if random – or haphazard – in the sense that it is not related to political factors capable of shaping House members’ behavior. The latter is important for both our empirical evidence and theoretical arguments. First, if we expect the arrival and presence of Fox News to have a unique influence on elite political behavior, it is important to demonstrate whether and to what degree Fox News’ content is different from other networks. Second, examining Fox News’ content can tell us something about the mechanisms for its effects or the process by which it shapes the attitudes and behaviors of political elites.
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- The House that Fox News Built?Representation, Political Accountability, and the Rise of Partisan News, pp. 21 - 41Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025