Abstract
This article analyzes intermedia agenda-setting processes during a national election campaign of 38 newspapers, online news sites, TV news programs, as well as a wire service, through semi-automatic content analysis and time series analysis. The theoretical assumption was that intermedia agenda-setting is determined by the production structures of certain media types, the opinion-leader role of specific media outlets, and issue-specific characteristics. The findings suggest that, despite previous evidence to the contrary, intermedia agenda-setting also occurs during election campaigns, with a short time lag of 1 day. Additionally, a medium's opinion-leader role depends strongly on issue-specific characteristics, such as obtrusiveness and proximity, mediating the intermedia agenda-setting process. And the traditional role of print media as intermedia agenda-setters is found to be challenged by online news sites.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1054-1073 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Journalism |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 1 2016 |
Keywords
- Intermedia agenda-setting
- newspapers
- obtrusiveness
- online news sites
- time series analysis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Communication
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)