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Setting the Agenda describes the mass media’s significant and sometimes controversial role in determining which topics are at the centre of public attention a

Agenda-Setting asks who sets the agenda that brings social problems into the public arena, on to the policy agenda and, finally, to a change of policy. It provi

This volume explores agenda-setting theory in light of changes in the media environment in the 21st century. In the decades since the original Chapel Hill study

Media attention can play a profound role in whether or not officials act on a policy issue, but how policy issues make the news in the first place has remained

The role of the news media in defining the important issues of the day, also known as the agenda-setting influence of mass communication, has received widesprea