Communication and Democracy: Exploring the intellectual Frontiers in Agenda-setting theory (Paperback)

Contents: Prologue: "The Game Is Afoot." Part I: The Pictures in Our Heads. S. Ghanem, Filling in the Tapestry: The Second Level of Agenda-Setting. T. Takeshita, Exploring the Media's Roles in Defining Reality: From Issue-Agenda-Setting to Attribute-Agenda- Setting. P-T. King, The Press, Candidate Images, and Voter Perceptions. A. First, Television and the Construction of Social Reality: An Israeli Case Study. L. Willnat, Agenda-Setting and Priming: Conceptual Links and Differences. Part II: The Agenda-Setting Process. J-H. Zhu, W. Boroson, Susceptibility to Agenda-Setting: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analysis of Individual Differences. M. Roberts, Political Advertising's Influence on News, the Public, and Their Behavior. D.J. Blood, P.C.B. Phillips, Economic Headline News on the Agenda: New Approaches to Understanding Causes and Effects. W.J. Gonzenbach, L. McGavin, A Brief History of Time: A Methodological Analysis of Agenda-Setting. W. Wanta, The Messenger and the Message: Differences Across News Media. Part III: News Agendas and Social Systems. D.L. Lasorsa, Media Agenda-Setting and Press Performance: A Social System Approach for Building Theory. E. Caudill, An Agenda-Setting Perspective on Historical Public Opinion. A. Rodriquez, Cultural Agendas: The Case of Latino-Oriented U.S. Media. H.A. Semetko, A. Mandelli, Setting the Agenda for Cross-National Research: Bringing Values Into the Concept. D.L. Shaw, B.J. Hamm, Agendas for a Public Union or for Private Communities? How Individuals Are Using Media to Reshape American Society.