links for 2008-04-04

• SSRN-Press Coverage and Political Accountability by James Snyder, David Strömberg : ABSTRACT
  On the impact of press coverage on citizen knowledge, politicians’ actions, and policy: Voters in areas with less coverage of their Rep are less knowledgeable. Reps from areas with less coverage work less. Federal spending is too.
  (tags: politics govnerment congress tax press media journalism news policy federalspending research economics statistics)
• The Web in Charts—Google vs. Microsoft-Yahoo vs. China
  Charts from a new State of the Internet report from comScore that paints a picture of global competition on the Web.
  (tags: ComScore web statistics report techcrunch chart information graph internet blog)