The Fear Factor is a Main Thing: How Radio Influences Anxiety and Political Attitudes
研究广播在冲突地区如何通过引发焦虑影响政治态度，发现更多接触广播的居民更害怕LRA袭击，从而更依赖民间武装而非国家军队。
We investigate how being exposed to media influences levels of anxiety and political attitudes in conflict-affected areas. Exploiting exogenous variation in signal strength of a radio station in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria State, we compare original qualitative and quantitative data from areas with differing radio coverage. Civilians living in areas with more exposure to radio are more afraid of attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). This anxiety means civilians rely more on a civilian militia, the arrow boys, and less on the state army. Hence media, through fear, can contribute to changing social and political structures.