Description
This volume explores agenda-setting theory in light of changes in the media environment in the 21st century. In the decades since the original Chapel Hill study that launched agenda-setting research, the theory has attracted the interest of scholars worldwide.
Agenda Setting in a 2.0 World features the work of a new generation of scholars. The research provided by these young scholars reflects two broad contemporary trends in agenda-setting: A centrifugal trend of research in the expanding media landscape and in domains beyond the original focus on public affairs, and a centripetal trend further explicating agenda-setting’s core concepts.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Media Agenda Setting in a Competitive and Hostile Environment: The Role of Sources in Setting versus Supporting Topical Discussant Agendas in the Tea Party Patriots’ Facebook Group Sharon Meraz
Chapter 2 Agenda Setting, Elections, and the Impact of Information Technology Jason A. Martin
Chapter 3 Value Resonance and the Origins of Issue Salience Sebastián Valenzuela
Chapter 4 Contingent Factors of Agenda-Setting Effects: How Need for Orientation, Issue Obtrusiveness, and Message Tone Influence Issue Salience and Attitude Strength Yonghwan Kim
Chapter 5 Setting the Political Culture Agenda: The impact of Media Use on Political Trust and Participation in Kosovo Lindita Camaj
Chapter 6 Toward the Third Level of Agenda-Setting Theory: A Network Agenda Setting Model Lei Guo
Chapter 7 It’s Not Just a Laughing Matter: How Entertainment News Programs Influence the Transfer of the Media’s Agenda to the Public’s Agenda Similarly to Traditional Hard News Jennifer Kowalewski
Chapter 8 From What the Public Thinks About to What the Public Does: Agenda-Setting Effects as a Mediator of Media Use and Civic Engagement Soo Jung Moon
Chapter 9 The Public Agenda Along the Life Span: Testing the Life-Cycle Effect of Age on the Agenda-Setting Process Jae Kook Lee
Chapter 10 Online Agenda Setting: A New Frontier for Theory Development Hai Tran
Chapter 11 Consensus-Building Function of Agenda Setting in Times of Crisis: Substantive and Affective Dimensions Vanessa de Macedo Higgins Joyce
Chapter 12 Agenda Setting in the Corporate Sphere: Synthesizing Findings and Identifying New Opportunities in this Growing Domain Matthew W. Ragas
