Agenda Diversity and Agenda Setting From 1956 to 2004: What are the trends over time?

Journalism Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 773-789

  Tan, Yue ^a   Weaver, David H ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agenda diversity; agenda setting effect; New York Times; ownership concentration; public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886444839     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2012.748516     Document Type: Article

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