The Formation of Campaign Agendas: A Comparative Analysis of Party and Media Roles in Recent American and British Elections

by Michael Gurevitch, Holli A. Semetko, Jay G. Blumler

Book Overview

This unusual volume seeks to accomplish three related goals:

* to assess the extent and limits of media power in election campaigns

* to extend the concept of media agenda-setting to include the contributions of powerful news sources in the process of election agenda formation

* to evaluate the impact of national system variables (differences in political and media systems) on the balance of party and media forces in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415515556
• ISBN13: 9780415515559
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"