Joao Francisco Pugliese

Graduate Student Research Funding | 2021 - 2022 Academic Year

News Consumption in Developing Countries: Consumption Patterns and the Effects on Increasing Consumption on Information Knowledge and Political Preferences

This project studies news consumption patterns and the effects of increasing consumption on information knowledge and political preferences in Brazil. We conduct an intervention that provides digital subscriptions and newsletters of large, well-known news organizations to individuals. Importantly, individuals are allowed to choose their preferred news source. We then combine survey and administrative data to measure consumption patterns and informational knowledge. First, we will investigate patterns of consumption across socioeconomic groups and how income inequality translates into information inequality. Second, we estimate the effects of the intervention on consumption and political preferences, with a focus on polarization and democratic preferences.

Joao Francisco Pugliese, Department of Economics

Joao F. Pugliese is a PhD student in economics at Stanford University. His areas of interest are development and political economy, with a particular interest in media economics, public goods provision, and corruption. Currently, he is interested in the patterns of news consumption and the role of the media in shaping political opinions and attitudes, the relationship between corruption and decisions of concessions of water and sewerage in Brazil, and technological adoption in the primary sector. Pugliese is originally from Londrina, Brazil, and received his BA and MA from the Sao Paulo School of Economics before joining Stanford.

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