Agenda-setting and priming in prime time television: Crime dramas as political cues

Political Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 277-295

  Holbrook, R Andrew ^a   Hill, Timothy G ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Doane College   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Crime; Cultivation effects; Entertainment media; Media effects; Prime time television; Priming; Television violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944513279     PISSN: 10584609     EISSN: 10917675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584600591006519     Document Type: Article

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