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The Agenda Setting Journal
Vol. 5:2 (2021) ► pp.134–155

What’s in a name?

Policy and Media agenda setting

Article outline
  • Two distinct origins and definitions
  • Diverging fields and parallel progress
    • Comparative expansion
    • Causal limitations
  • Media dynamics and information seeking
    • Inter-Media dynamics
    • Supply of information
  • Foraging a new path: A complex systems approach to agendas
  • Conclusion
  • Note
  • References
Published online: 14 September 2021
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