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Publication details [#36192]

Semetko, Holli A., Jay G. Blumler, Michael Gurevitch, David H. Weaver, Steve Barkin and G. Cleveland Wilhoit. 1991. The formation of campaign agendas: A comparitive analysis of party and media roles in recent American and British elections. Lawrence Erlbaum. 197 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

agenda-setting | audience | election manifesto | mass media | political discussion

Annotation

This book examines the relative contribution of politicians and journalists in media agenda-setting, analyzing newsroom observations, party materials and television and neswpaper coverage related to the 1983 general British elections and the 1984 American presidential election.

Reviewed by

Harmgarth, Friederike. 1991. Review of $The formation of campaign agendas: A comparitive analysis of party and media roles in recent American and British elections.