Agenda setting in a culture of fear: The lasting effects of September 11 on American politics and journalism

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 379-392

  Matsaganis, Matthew D ^a   Payne, J Gregory ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d International Association of Business Disciplines

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Journalism; Media; Media systems dependency; Mediated reality; Politics; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744531140     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764205282049     Document Type: Review

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