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1. The Two W's of Journalism

   The Why and What of Public Affairs Reporting

   By Davis "Buzz" Merritt, Maxwell E. McCombs

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   In this timely volume, the authors explore public affairs journalism, a practice that lies at the core of the journalism profession. They go beyond the journalistic instruction for reporting and presenting news to reflect on why journalism works the way it does. Asking current and future...

   Published July 31st 2003 by Routledge
2. The Poll With A Human Face

   The National Issues Convention Experiment in Political Communication

   Edited by Maxwell McCombs, Amy Reynolds

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   In 1996, the National Issues Convention (NIC) assembled a national sample of 459 Americans on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. This diverse group of Americans was seen and heard nationally. They spent three days in small group discussions of major public issues and participated in...

   Published September 11th 1999 by Routledge
3. The Poll With A Human Face

   The National Issues Convention Experiment in Political Communication

   Edited by Maxwell Mccombs, Amy Reynolds

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   In 1996, the National Issues Convention (NIC) assembled a national sample of 459 Americans on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. This diverse group of Americans was seen and heard nationally. They spent three days in small group discussions of major public issues and participated in...

   Published July 31st 1999 by Routledge
4. Communication and Democracy

   Exploring the intellectual Frontiers in Agenda-setting theory

   Edited by Maxwell E. McCombs, Donald L. Shaw, David H. Weaver

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   Exciting intellectual frontiers are open for exploration as agenda-setting theory moves beyond its 25th anniversary. This volume offers an intriguing set of maps to guide this exploration over the near future. It is intended for those who are already reasonably well read in the research literature...

   Published May 31st 1997 by Routledge
5. Contemporary Public Opinion

   Issues and the News

   By Maxwell McCombs, Edna Einsiedel, David H. Weaver

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   This book discusses the public opinion process with a focus on the role that the news media play in shaping public opinion. Although heavily influenced by the agenda-setting perspective -- the view that the news media define the important issues of the day and determine how these issues are...

   Published July 31st 1991 by Routledge
6. Agenda Setting

   Readings on Media, Public Opinion, and Policymaking

   Edited by David Protess, Maxwell E. McCombs

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   The role of the news media in defining the important issues of the day, also known as the agenda-setting influence of mass communication, has received widespread attention over the past 20 years. Since the publication of McCombs and Shaw's seminal empirical study, more than one hundred journal...

   Published May 31st 1991 by Routledge