Toward a Theory of Press-State Relations in the United States

1990/06/01 by W. Lance Bennett · 1 voice · 41 citations
Social Sciences · Business, Management and Accounting · #Social Media and Politics #Media Studies and Communication #Political Influence and Corporate Strategies

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1460-2466.1990.tb02265.x

Abstract

Journal Article Toward a Theory of Press-State Relations in the United States Get access W. Lance Bennett W. Lance Bennett Professor 1Department of Political Science, University of Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 40, Issue 2, June 1990, Pages 103–127, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1990.tb02265.x Published: 07 February 2006

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• In political communication research, we call this "indexing" (original citation here: doi.org/10.1111/j.14...) It is the thesis that the mainstream news will cover topics and opinions in proportion to [bsky, 115 points, 1 comments]

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