| Type of Document |
Master's Thesis |
| Author |
Besova, Asya A
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| Author's Email Address |
besova@gmail.com |
| URN |
etd-04012008-105506 |
| Title |
Foreign News and Public Opinion: Attribute Agenda-Setting Theory Revisited |
| Degree |
Master of Mass Communication (M.M.C.) |
| Department |
Mass Communication |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Monica Postelnicu |
Committee Chair |
| Felicia Song |
Committee Member |
| Margaret DeFleur |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
- public opinion
- international news
- print
- Agenda-setting
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| Date of Defense |
2008-03-25 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
This study contributes to the body of research on public opinion and media coverage of foreign news by examining the coverage of nine foreign countries in The New York Times and The Times. Media coverage and the public opinion about foreign nations were strongly correlated. Specifically, negative coverage tends to have more agenda-setting effects than neutral and positive coverage. The findings also suggest that media portray foreign countries in a unidimensional fashion, by limiting the coverage around a few policy issues. Finally, the U.S. and the U.K. media coverage of foreign nations were very similar.
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