TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Parents, television and cultural change
JO  - Economic journal
A1  - Immordino, Giovanni
A1  - Hauk, Esther
SP  - 1040
EP  - 1065
VL  - 124
IS  - 579
N2  - We develop a model of cultural transmission where television plays a role in socialisation. We study the coverage of different cultural traits by a profit-maximising TV industry and the resulting cultural dynamics. A monopolist covers both traits, but grants more coverage to the most profitable group. In a competitive TV industry each channel specialises on one trait. This might lead to cultural extinction, but only for sufficiently large majorities. Cultural extinction is more likely in a competitive than in a monopolistic TV industry. Overall our model predicts that cultural extinction can only occur under very special circumstances.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0013-0133
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12078
ID  - ref1
ER  -