The Dynamics of Public Attention: Agenda-Setting Theory Meets Big Data

Journal of Communication

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 193-214

  Russell Neuman, W ^a   Guggenheim, Lauren ^a   Mo Jang, S ^a   Bae, Soo Young ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION NETWORK; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; POLITICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84898914060     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12088     Document Type: Article

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