The agenda­setting process in international news

• Authors: Wayne Wanta , Simona Mikusova
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A framework for applying agenda-setting theory in an international news context is proposed. First-level agenda-setting would suggest that the more news coverage a nation receives, the more that nation will be viewed as being critically important to readers. Second-level agenda-setting meanwhile would suggest that the nature of the coverage, both attributes linked to a country and the tone of the coverage, would impact whether readers view the nation positively or negatively. The framework is employed through a content analysis of international news coverage in two Slovakian newspapers. The analysis shows the usefulness of the approach.

Keywords

EN

international news; agenda-setting; framing

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Komunikacji Społecznej
• Journal: Central European Journal of Communication
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 2(5)
• Pages: 221-235

Contributors

author

Wayne Wanta

• Oklahoma State University, USA

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Simona Mikusova

• Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia