From headline to lifeline: does news set agenda for policy?
| Autor: | Ryan Yang Wang, Bumgi Min, Jenna Grzeslo, Yang Bai, Krishna Jayakar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Information Systems and Management
business.product_category Computer Networks and Communications business.industry media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Public policy 050801 communication & media studies Headline Public relations 0506 political science Management Information Systems 0508 media and communications Content analysis Originality Management of Technology and Innovation Political science 050602 political science & public administration Internet access Journalism business Set (psychology) News media Information Systems media_common |
| Zdroj: | Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance. 21:352-368 |
| ISSN: | 2398-5038 |
| Popis: | Purpose This paper is an investigation of the volume, nature and tone of news media coverage of the federal Lifeline Program from its inception to 2018. It aims to examine whether news media coverage is correlated with significant episodes of reform in the program. Design/methodology/approach Using the ProQuest Major Dailies database, articles covering the “Lifeline Program” were analyzed. Specifically, a quantitative codebook was developed, based on the literature, and four coders were trained to systematically analyze the 124 articles that discussed the program between 1985 and 2018. Findings The findings suggest that reforms in the program were preceded by significantly higher volumes of media coverage; however, the analysis is unable to confirm that negative media coverage has a stronger agenda setting effect. In addition, no significant difference was found between positive and negative news stories in their use of research-based information. Originality/value This study is interdisciplinary in its ability to combine policy and journalism studies as a mechanism to understand the relationship between the two forces. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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