Exploring the role of agenda-building efforts in media coverage and policymaking activity of healthcare reform

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 652-672

  Kiousis, Spiro ^a   Park, Jung Min ^a   Kim, Ji Young ^b   Go, Eun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenda building; Healthcare reform; Policymaking; Presidential public relations

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; POLICY MAKING; POLICY REFORM; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 84896789030     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: 2161430X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077699013503157     Document Type: Article

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