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Agenda building and setting in a referendum campaign: Investigating the flow of arguments among campaigners, the media, and the public


Wirth, Werner; Matthes, J; Schemer, C; Wettstein, M; Friemel, Thomas N; Hänggli, R; Siegert, G (2010). Agenda building and setting in a referendum campaign: Investigating the flow of arguments among campaigners, the media, and the public. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 87(2):328-345.

Abstract

This study tests second-level agenda-building and -setting effects in the course of a referendum campaign. Personal standardized interviews with forty-seven different campaign managers and a content analysis of campaign material are linked to a content analysis of TV and newspaper coverage and a three-wave public opinion survey. The results demonstrate the dynamic flow of arguments in the agenda-building and -setting process: top-down from the campaigners to the news media and the public.

Abstract

This study tests second-level agenda-building and -setting effects in the course of a referendum campaign. Personal standardized interviews with forty-seven different campaign managers and a content analysis of campaign material are linked to a content analysis of TV and newspaper coverage and a three-wave public opinion survey. The results demonstrate the dynamic flow of arguments in the agenda-building and -setting process: top-down from the campaigners to the news media and the public.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:06 Faculty of Arts > Institute of Political Science
06 Faculty of Arts > Department of Communication and Media Research
Dewey Decimal Classification:320 Political science
700 Arts
Language:English
Date:2010
Deposited On:21 Oct 2011 13:04
Last Modified:20 Sep 2018 03:24
Publisher:Sage Publications
ISSN:1077-6990
Funders:Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
OA Status:Green
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/107769901008700207
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  • : FunderSNSF
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  • : Project TitleSwiss National Science Foundation (SNF)

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