This article builds on the previous research that focused more specifically on the candidate-
media dynamic within the agenda-setting process and extends the research in the direction …

This study examines relationships among candidate and media agendas during the 2005
Virginia gubernatorial election. Candidate press releases and newspaper articles about the …

Building on previous research in the field of agenda-building by examining the relationships
between candidates and the media, this study used content analysis to examine how the …

Though research has shown that candidates and the media can influence the importance
voters ascribe to political issues, little work has sought to test the interactive agenda-setting …

This study investigates the extent to which candidates in the 2008 presidential primary
campaign adhered to the convention wisdom that candidates should stay “on message.” …

This study explores the role of candidate news releases, media content, and public opinion
in shaping the salience of political issues and candidate images during the 2002 Florida …

Survey and content analysis data from the 2004 presidential election were used to examine
relative strength of first-and second-level agenda setting. Second-level candidate attributes …

The conventional wisdom in political communications research is that the media play a
dominant role in defining the agenda of elections. In Bernard Cohen's words, the media do …

This study assesses candidate issue agendas and intercandidate agenda setting during the
2004 Democratic primary campaign. Candidate press releases, downloaded from official …

Describing the agenda-setting function of the media has been the focus of one of the most
enduring lines of research in the mass communication field. Walter Lippmann (1920, 1922 …