tifications often serve as grounds for rationalization of the status quo. The cornplexities of broadcast industry issues-in did not print (a Sunday Edition) on that day. This six-day span covered the period of the "Three-Mile-island Crisis." constrast t o other private sector industries-lie precisely in the concepts of public interest and participation. Further research should assess the agenda-setting implications of these and otheryears'data, particularly with regard t o viewers' information-processing abilities and perceptions of issue salience.-

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