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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Flavin, Patrick and Montgomery, Fielding |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Freedom of the press and perceptions about government corruption |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
International Political Science Review |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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41(4), Sep, 2020: p.554-566 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
The media can play an important role in the relationship between citizens and their government by acting as a watchdog and providing timely information about malfeasance and corruption. We examine whether citizens’ perceptions of government corruption are closer to country experts’ assessments in countries where there are higher levels of press freedom. Using data on citizens’ perceptions of government corruption and country expert evaluations of levels of political corruption for over 100 countries, we present evidence that the relationship between expert measures of corruption and citizens’ perceptions is heightened as the level of press freedom increases across our sample. These findings suggest that a free press can play an important role in bringing corruption to light, educating citizens, and potentially allowing them to better hold their elected officials accountable. – Reproduced |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Government corruption, Media, Political knowledge, Press freedom, Transparency |
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23005 |
| 773 ## - HOST ITEM ENTRY |
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| Main entry heading |
International Political Science Review |
| 906 ## - LOCAL DATA ELEMENT F, LDF (RLIN) |
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| Subject DIP |
POLITICAL CORRUPTION |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Articles |
