The importance of attention diversity and how to measure it

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 173-196

  Boydstun, Amber E ^a   Bevan, Shaun ^b   Thomas, Herschel F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Attention diversity; Herfindahl; Issue framing; Measurement; Shannon's H

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; ECONOMETRICS; POLICY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84900387459     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psj.12055     Document Type: Article

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