Issue Obtrusiveness and the Agenda-Setting Effects of National Network News

Demers, David; Craff, Dennis; Choi, Yang-Ho; Pessin, Beth M.

doi:10.1177/009365089016006004

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“…First, the results and conclusions inferred from this content analysis are limited to a select number of high circulating U.S. and Canadian newspapers and may not reflect newspaper coverage at state, provincial, municipal, and local levels. Nevertheless, given the widespread reach and influence of these national newspapers and the public health significance of the topic, national news media are likely to mirror the overall coverage of the issue in local news media (Demers et al, 1989). Moreover, other forms of non-print media, such as television and radio, were not analyzed.…”

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Risk Messages About HPV, Cervical Cancer, and the HPV Vaccine Gardasil: A Content Analysis of Canadian and U.S. National Newspaper Articles

Abdelmutti

Hoffman‐Goetz

2009

Women & Health

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The human papillomavirus vaccine (Gardasil) is a significant advancement in women's health. We compared the reporting of fearinducing messages about human papillomavirus, cervical cancer, and the human papillomavirus vaccine in Canadian and U.S. national newspapers between January 2006 and December 2007. Significant differences between countries were found in the number of articles containing fear messages about human papillomavirus, cervical cancer, and the human papillomavirus vaccine. Educational level of readability was higher than recommended for the public, and the emotional tone of the articles became progressively negative over time. Our findings suggest that public discussion of some elements of the human papillomavirus vaccine message that could cause alarm or worry for women may need to be addressed within political and cultural contexts.

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Risk Messages About HPV, Cervical Cancer, and the HPV Vaccine Gardasil: A Content Analysis of Canadian and U.S. National Newspaper Articles

Abdelmutti

Hoffman‐Goetz

2009

Women & Health

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“…Issues are obtrusive when most members of the public have dealt with them directly. Issues are unobtrusive if audience members have not had direct experience with the issue (Demers et al, 1989). This implies that the agenda setting effect of the media should be strongest when audiences have no direct experience with the issue.…”

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Agenda Setting, Public Opinion, and the Issue of Immigration Reform

2007

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While the importance of agenda setting has been well-documented (Baumgartner and Jones 1995, Iyengar 1991), it is unclear whether its affect holds for issues that may not be salient to a significant portion of the public. We explore this puzzle by examining the issue of illegal immigration, as it is one policy that traditionally impacts those living in states along the U.S.-Mexico border more so than for those residing in non-border states. Our analyses of newspaper coverage of immigration and Gallup public opinion data over a twelve-month period (January-December 2006) provide considerable support for the agenda-setting theory. The volume of news coverage did increase following the protests and as such, the public perceived immigration as an important problem facing the country. These findings hold for individuals residing in both border and non-border states, suggesting that the power of agenda-setting holds across issues that may not be nationally salient to the entire American public.

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“…There are a number of studies that have examined these so-called contingent conditions of agenda setting. For instance, Demers, Craff, Choi, and Pession (1989) examined mass media influenced the voters' assessment of what they thought were the major issues of the campaign. It is important to note that the sample was solely based on undecided voters.…”

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The Need for Orientation Towards News Media: Revising and Validating a Classic Concept

Matthes

2005

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

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The need for orientation is the most prominent contingent condition for agenda-setting effects. It provides a psychological explanation for why people engage in information seeking and why some people are susceptible to agenda-setting effects while others are not. The purpose of this paper is to present the development and empirical validation of a three-dimensional scale of need for orientation. Based on a review of previous measures, three dimensions of need for orientation are posited: The need for orientation towards issues, the need for orientation towards facts and the need for orientation towards journalistic evaluations. In a first step, the model is tested on a representative sample applying confirmatory factor analysis. After some modifications, the model is finally validated on another, independent sample. A series of studies demonstrate the psychometric properties of the measure and its construct validity with respect to related constructs. The theoretical utility of the construct and the measure of need for orientation are discussed.

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Issue Obtrusiveness and the Agenda-Setting Effects of National Network News

Cited by 64 publications

References 12 publications

Risk Messages About HPV, Cervical Cancer, and the HPV Vaccine Gardasil: A Content Analysis of Canadian and U.S. National Newspaper Articles

Risk Messages About HPV, Cervical Cancer, and the HPV Vaccine Gardasil: A Content Analysis of Canadian and U.S. National Newspaper Articles

Agenda Setting, Public Opinion, and the Issue of Immigration Reform

The Need for Orientation Towards News Media: Revising and Validating a Classic Concept

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