ABSTRACT
This is the final chapter and presents the book’s main conclusions. First of all, it summarizes the evidence of the empirical analysis and gives an overview of how the influence of news on economic perceptions is moderated by interest in the economy. Based on the findings, lessons are drawn that are relevant to economic journalists. A case is made for the need for more than one normative news standard. The book concludes conclude that when it comes to learning from the news, it is not necessarily the rich who get richer; when the right content features are present, the poorer get richer. Mainstreamed economic news helps narrow the knowledge gap.
