When does the public's issue agenda affect the media's issue agenda (and vice-versa)? Developing a framework for media-public influence

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 796-815

  Uscinski, Joseph E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b 314 Jenkins Bldg ^*  (United States)

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EID: 70350345848     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2009.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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