News Coverage of the Enlargement of the European Union and Public Opinion: A Cross-National Comparative Study of the First and Second-Level Agenda-Setting Effects.

Authors :: Dursun, Oya
Source :: Conference Papers -- American Political Science Association. 2005 Annual Meeting, Washington DC, p1-34. 34p. 7 Charts, 5 Graphs.
Publication Year :: 2005
Abstract: The article investigates the relationships between policy, public opinion and the media, through an examination of the agenda-setting functions of print media in Great Britain and France on the latest round of European Union (EU) enlargement. It examines if the frames the media apply to enlargement translate into patterns the public uses to interpret it.

Subjects :: *MASS media & international relations
*PUBLIC opinion
*GOVERNMENT policy

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