Publications

Publication details [#46275]

Johnson, Thomas J. and Shahira Fahmy. 2007. Mediating the Anthrax Attacks: Media Accuracy and Agenda Setting During a Time of Moral Panic. The Atlantic Journal of Communication 15 (1) : 19–40.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

agenda-setting | aggression | conflict | mass media | moral argumentation

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study argues that geographic location and gender, as well as individuals' attitudes concerning media accuracy, strongly predict agenda setting effects in times of potential crisis and terrorist threats.