▪ Abstract This chapter reviews the vast and sprawling literature that seeeks to illuminate and
explain the effects of mass communication on American public opinion. Klapper's famous …

Conventional models of agenda setting hold that mainstream media influence the public
agenda by leading audience attention, and perceived importance, to certain issues …

During the 2008 election season, politicians from both sides of the aisle promised to rid
government of lobbyists' undue influence. For the authors of Lobbying and Policy Change …

News media strongly influence how we picture public affairs across the world, playing a
significant and sometimes controversial role in determining which topics are at the centre of …

Sada slobodno mogu to da priznam. Celog života sam bio žrtva. Koliko mogu da se setim,
bio sam laka meta za ubeđivanja putujućih trgovaca, osoba koje prikupljaju novčane priloge …

On any given day, policymakers are required to address a multitude of problems and make
decisions about a variety of issues, from the economy and education to health care and …

The Comparative Agendas Project (CAP) brings together data on government activities in
over twenty countries, and provides a consistent categorizing system to understand when a …

Что может заставить человека сказать «да»? Каковы принципы и наиболее
эффективные приемы влияния и убеждения? Исчерпывающие ответы на эти вопросы …

I media sono lo spazio dove oggi si decide la lotta politica fra attori, idee e interessi
contrapposti. Se le élite politiche cercano di imporre i propri modelli interpretativi sugli eventi …

Long gone are the times when class-based political parties with extensive membership
dominated politics. Instead, party politics has become issue-based. Surprisingly few studies …