TY - JOUR
T1 - Agenda setting and international news
T2 - Media influence on public perceptions of foreign nations
AU - Wanta, Wayne
AU - Golan, Guy
AU - Lee, Cheolhan
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - A national poll and a content analysis of network newscasts examined if coverage of foreign nations had an agenda-setting influence. The more media coverage a nation received, the more likely respondents were to think the nation was vitally important to U.S. interests, supporting the agenda-setting hypothesis. The more negative coverage a nation received, the more likely respondents were to think negatively about the nation, supporting the second level of agenda setting. Positive coverage of a nation had no influence on public perceptions.
AB - A national poll and a content analysis of network newscasts examined if coverage of foreign nations had an agenda-setting influence. The more media coverage a nation received, the more likely respondents were to think the nation was vitally important to U.S. interests, supporting the agenda-setting hypothesis. The more negative coverage a nation received, the more likely respondents were to think negatively about the nation, supporting the second level of agenda setting. Positive coverage of a nation had no influence on public perceptions.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=4444334344&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/107769900408100209
DO - 10.1177/107769900408100209
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:4444334344
SN - 1077-6990
VL - 81
SP - 364
EP - 377
JO - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
JF - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
IS - 2
ER -