Contemporary Public Opinion : Issues and the News

• Main Author: McCombs, Maxwell, (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London : Taylor and Francis, 2017.
• Edition: First edition.
• Subjects: Mass media > Social aspects.; Public opinion.; United States.; Communication Studies
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

"This book discusses the public opinion process with a focus on the role that the news media play in shaping public opinion. Although heavily influenced by the agenda-setting perspective -- the view that the news media define the important issues of the day and determine how these issues are pr...

Table of Contents:

• part ONE Introduction
• chapter ONE Communication and Public Opinion /
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• chapter TWO The Agenda-Setting Role of Mass Communication /
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• part TWO Exploring the News
• chapter THREE Practices, Values, and Traditions in Journalism /
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• chapter FOUR Framing the News /
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• part THREE Reporting the News
• chapter FIVE Shaping the News Agenda /
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• chapter SIX Exposure to News /
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• part FOUR Imagining the News
• chapter SEVEN Knowledge of Public Affairs /
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• chapter EIGHT Forming Images and Opinions /
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• chapter NINE Participation in Public Affairs /
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• part FIVE Creating Public Opinion
• chapter TEN The Transfer of Interests /
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