Science and technology are embedded in virtually every aspect of modern life. As a result,
people face an increasing need to integrate information from science with their personal …

Do media influence policy making? To what extent can governments or other actors
manipulate this influence? Our understanding of the relationship between media and policy …

What is the role of social media in political agenda setting? Digital platforms have reduced
the gatekeeping power of traditional media and, potentially, they have increased the …

A comprehensive introduction to public policy and the policy cycle, the fully revised second
edition of this popular textbook offers a practical guide to the topic while remaining …

J ohn K ingdon's M ultiple S treams F ramework (MSF) constitutes a powerful tool for
understanding the policy process, and more specifically, agenda‐setting, through three …

Recent scholarship has identified a large and growing divide on how Republicans and
Democrats view the issue of climate change. A number of these studies have suggested that …

In this article, we shed light on the emergence, diffusion, and use of socio-technological
future visions. The artificial intelligence (AI) future vision of the German federal government …

Potential focusing events are sudden, relatively rare events that reveal harm, or the potential
for harm, are known to policymakers and the public virtually simultaneously, and work harms …

How do individual politicians use the news media to reach their political goals? This study
addresses the question by proposing an actor-centered, functional approach. We distinguish …

To make projections about the future supply of minerals for the energy transition and set
climate targets, it is important to understand inventories of mineral resources as well as …