A Comparative Analysis of Political Communication Systems and Voter Turnout
A Comparative Analysis of Political Communication Systems and Voter Turnout
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政治沟通系统与选民投票率的比较分析
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2009
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本文探讨了政治沟通制度对跨国家差异的影响，涉及民主选举的投票率。它展示了如何传递政治信息的结构和手段，衡量媒体系统，获得付费的政治电视广告，和竞选资金的法律，解释在74个国家的投票率的变化。依靠“动员”的角度来看，我认为，机构设置，减少信息成本的选民将增加投票率。主要的实证研究结果有两个方面。首先，允许更多资金（和竞选宣传）进入竞选活动的竞选财务系统与更高水平的选民投票率有关。其次，广播系统和辅助政治电视节目解释了投票率的跨国变化，但它们的影响比最初预期的要复杂。虽然公共广播明显促进了更高的投票率，但它也改变了付费广告对投票率的影响。
Thisarticleexploreshowpoliticalcommunicationinstitutionsaffectcross-nationaldifferencesinvoterturnoutindemocratic elections. It demonstrates how the structure and means of conveying political messages—gauged by media systems, access to paid political television advertising, and campaign finance laws—explain variations in turnout across 74 countries. Relying on a “mobilization” perspective, I argue that institutional settings that reduce information costs for voters will increase turnout. The major empirical findings are twofold. First, campaign finance systems that allow more money (and electioneering communication) to enter election campaigns are associated with higher levels of voter turnout. Second, broadcastingsystemsandaccesstopaidpoliticaltelevisionadvertisingexplaincross-nationalvariationinturnout,buttheir effects are more complex than initially expected. While public broadcasting clearly promotes higher levels of turnout, it also modifies the effect of paid advertising access on turnout.