Media Agenda-Setting and Public Opinion: Is There a Link?
Annals of the International Communication AssociationPublished 1 January 1984
David Weaver
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(1984). Media Agenda-Setting and Public Opinion: Is There a Link? Annals of the International Communication Association: Vol. 8, Communication Yearbook 8, pp. 680-691.
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