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Contemporary Public Opinion: Issues and the News

Published 1 January 1991
Maxwell McCombs
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Abstract

Contents: Preface. Part I: Introduction. Communication and Public Opinion. The Agenda-Setting Role of Mass Communication. Part II: Exploring the News. Practices, Values, and Traditions in Journalism. Framing the News. Part III: Reporting the News. Shaping the News Agenda. Exposure to News. Part IV: Imagining the News. Knowledge of Public Affairs. Forming Images and Opinions. Participation in Public Affairs. Part V: Creating Public Opinion. The Transfer of Interests.

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Social SciencesArts and Humanities