A nation fragmented : the public agenda in the information age / / Jill A. Edy and Patrick C. Meirick

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811240803321
• Autore: Edy Jill A. <1966->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; ; Rome ; ; Tokyo : , : Temple University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• ISBN: 1-4399-1601-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 pages)
• Disciplina: 302.230973
• Soggetti: Mass media - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century; Mass media - Political aspects - United States - History - 21st century; Press and politics - United States - History - 20th century; Press and politics - United States - History - 21st century; Political planning - United States - History - 20th century; Political planning - United States - History - 21st century; United States Politics and government 1945-1989; United States Politics and government 1989-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The public agenda in the information age -- A history of the public agenda, 1975-2014 -- The character of the public agenda, 1975-2014 -- Broadcast news and the public agenda, 1968-2010 -- Media choice, news agendas, and the public agenda -- Building consensus on public priorities : can the public agenda be focused? -- Political responsiveness and the public agenda -- What happened to "us"? -- Appendix A: Coding the "most important problem" question -- Appendix B: Computing diversity and volatility in the public agenda -- Appendix C: Measuring agenda setting and alternate time series models -- Appendix D: Collecting data on the media system and using ridge regression -- Appendix E: Analyzing the pew excellence in journalism news coverage index -- Appendix F: Coding major presidential addresses -- Appendix G: Policy agendas project public agenda and house hearings data.