Politics on television
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the depiction of politics in television programs. Works on the interrelations between television and political institutions are entered under Television and politics.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Fox Five News at Five and agenda setting in the 2008 presidential primaries, 2008
Item — Call number MU Thesis Gra
Identifier: b2271183
Introduction [excerpts]
In this study I want to highlight the content of television news and demonstrate if it sets a specific political agenda for the American public. The agenda setting theory proposes that mass media can have a signficant effect on what audiences know or learn from the agenda setter; in this case it would be televison news .... There are many outcomes that agenda setting may provoke. Due to television news' agenda setting power, local broadcasting stations can heighten coverage on specific...
Dates:
2008