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The Economy and Second-Level Agenda Setting

A Time-Series Analysis of Economic News and Public Opinion about the Economy

Bibliographic Data

ID23345355
AuthorsJoe Bob Hester (School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Rhonda Gibson (0000-0001-5086-3099, School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Year2003
Volume80
Issue1
Pages73-90
Publication date2003-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-6990 • E-ISSN: 2161-430X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/107769900308000106
OpenAlexW1985298555
LanguageEN
Citations received85

Data from a content analysis of forty-eight months of print and broadcast news about the economy were combined in time-series analyses with two indicators of consumer economic evaluations and three measures of real economic conditions to investigate second-level agenda-setting effects. Economic news was framed as negative more often than as positive, and negatively framed news coverage was one of several significant predictors of consumer expectations about the future of the economy. The study supports the argument that media coverage, particularly the media's emphasis on negative news, may have serious consequences for both expectations of and performance of the economy.

Advertising · Argument (complex analysis) · Business · Classical economics · Consumer confidence index · Content analysis · Economic analysis · Economics · Economy · Macroeconomics · News media · Political science · Public opinion · Social science · Sociology · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics

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Citations per year3,7
Citation span2003 - 2026 (24)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 68

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