Shaping the Agenda of Local Daily Newspapers: A Methodology Merging the Agenda Setting and Community Structure Perspectives

Mass Communication and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 905-919

  McCombs, Maxwell ^a   Funk, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84857150226     PISSN: 15205436     EISSN: 15327825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2011.615447     Document Type: Article

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