Communication with an Intermediary
Communication with an Intermediary
A model of communication with two features is presented: inattentive final receivers who are heterogeneous in their inattention, and the presence of a monopolistic intermediary, whose preferences are not aligned with the preferences of the initial sender. The sender faces a dilemma how to shape her message to maneuver the intermediary into telling the final receivers what she considers important. The sender can engage in self-censoring – potentially beneficial because it prevents the intermediary from misusing the limited attention of the receivers. Less obvious is a policy of interdependence, whereby issues are correlated with each other; this policy is potentially beneficial because it forces the intermediary to talk about all issues tied together, including the ones important to the sender.
inattention, communication , information theory
University of Southampton
Kwiek, Maksymilian
84ba7dab-b54b-4d22-8cf3-817b2a2077cf
2016
Kwiek, Maksymilian
84ba7dab-b54b-4d22-8cf3-817b2a2077cf
Kwiek, Maksymilian
(2016)
Communication with an Intermediary
(Discussion Papers in Economics and Econometrics Series, 1603)
University of Southampton
32pp.
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Abstract
A model of communication with two features is presented: inattentive final receivers who are heterogeneous in their inattention, and the presence of a monopolistic intermediary, whose preferences are not aligned with the preferences of the initial sender. The sender faces a dilemma how to shape her message to maneuver the intermediary into telling the final receivers what she considers important. The sender can engage in self-censoring – potentially beneficial because it prevents the intermediary from misusing the limited attention of the receivers. Less obvious is a policy of interdependence, whereby issues are correlated with each other; this policy is potentially beneficial because it forces the intermediary to talk about all issues tied together, including the ones important to the sender.
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Published date: 2016
Keywords:
inattention, communication , information theory
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Economics
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Local EPrints ID: 411061
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/411061
ISSN: 0966-4246
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