The Interplay of Agenda Building and Agenda Setting Across Policy, Media, and Public Agendas

Janggeun Lee; Yunseung Lee; Bumsoo Kim

doi:10.1177/10776990261416905

The Interplay of Agenda Building and Agenda Setting Across Policy, Media, and Public Agendas

Janggeun Lee
, Yunseung Lee
, Bumsoo Kim

Department of Media Communication

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Abstract

This study explores the dynamics of agenda-setting among policy institutions, news media, and the public within a hyperconnected media environment. We analyzed government briefings and news content from 2023, alongside survey data on public agendas in South Korea. Our network-based modeling revealed positive correlations among the three agendas. Significantly, news media emerged as a crucial factor in issue ownership, with the public displaying a greater reliance on liberal outlets. These findings underscore the media’s mediating role between policymakers and the public, providing empirical support for a tripartite model of agenda-setting in contemporary political communication.

Original language	English
Journal	Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990261416905
State	Accepted/In press - 2026

Keywords

agenda-setting theory
fragmented media
network agenda
network agenda-setting theory
selective exposure

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