Agenda-Setting

Klappentext What is the major social problem in the news today? Who made it so important? Social issues that are widely recognized on the media agenda often demand attention on the public agenda, and in turn move quickly up the policy agenda, creating policy changes. Based on research of contemporary social issues that have hit the headlines - including the war on drugs, drink-driving, the Exxon Valdez oil spillage, AIDS and the Ethiopian famine - this book provides important theoretical and practical insights into the agenda-setting process and its role in effecting social change. Zusammenfassung What is the major social problem in the news today? Who made it so important? Based on research of contemporary social issues that have hit the headlines! this book provides important theoretical and practical insights into the agenda-setting process and its role in effecting social change. Inhaltsverzeichnis What Is Agenda-Setting? Media Agenda Studies Public Agenda Studies The Hierarchy Approach Public Agenda Studies Longitudinal Approaches Policy Agenda Studies Studying the Agenda-Setting Process

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What is the major social problem in the news today? Who made it so important? Based on research of contemporary social issues that have hit the headlines, this book provides important theoretical and practical insights into the agenda-setting process and its role in effecting social change.

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What Is Agenda-Setting?
Media Agenda Studies
Public Agenda Studies
The Hierarchy Approach
Public Agenda Studies
Longitudinal Approaches
Policy Agenda Studies
Studying the Agenda-Setting Process