Data and Code for: War of the Waves: Radio and Resistance in World War II

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Stefano Gagliarducci, University of Rome Tor Vergata; Massimiliano Onorato, University of Bologna; Francesco Sobbrio, LUISS "G. Carli"; Guido Tabellini, Bocconi University

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Project Citation:

Gagliarducci, Stefano, Onorato, Massimiliano, Sobbrio, Francesco, and Tabellini, Guido. Data and Code for: War of the Waves: Radio and Resistance in World War II. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2021. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-01-14. https://doi.org/10.3886/E111901V1

Project Description

Summary: We analyze the role of the media in coordinating and mobilizing insurgency against an authoritarian regime in the context of the Nazi-fascist occupation of Italy during WWII. We study the effect of BBC radio on the intensity of internal resistance. By exploiting variations in monthly sunspot activity that affect the sky-wave propagation of BBC broadcasting towards Italy, we show that BBC radio had a strong impact on political violence. We provide further evidence to document that BBC radio played an important role in coordinating resistance activities but had no lasting role in motivating the population against the Nazi-fascist regime.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Media; BBC; Sunspots; Violence; World War II

JEL Classification:
      D74 Conflict • Conflict Resolution • Alliances • Revolutions
      L82 Entertainment • Media
      N44 Europe: 1913–

Geographic Coverage: Italy

Time Period(s): 10/1/1943 – 5/30/1945 (October 1943 - May 1945)

Data Type(s): observational data; program source code

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