This study examines the social and environmental disclosures of BHP Ltd (one of the largest
Australian companies) from 1983 to 1997 to ascertain the extent and type of annual report …

This article reviews the role of agenda setting in the contemporary world, that is the use of
the media for the purposes of molding public opinion. Researchin the last twenty-five years …

As agenda-setting theory moves toward its 50th anniversary, its productivity in the past and
at present augurs a highly promising future. In this essay, the original theorists trace the …

Researchers have used surveys and experiments to better understand communication
dynamics, but confront consistent distortion from self-report data. But now both digital …

What are the consequences of globalization for the structure of political conflicts in Western
Europe? How are political conflicts organized and articulated in the twenty-first century? And …

News media strongly influence how we picture public affairs across the world, playing a
significant and sometimes controversial role in determining which topics are at the centre of …

The Reasoning Voter is an insider's look at campaigns, candidates, media, and voters that
convincingly argues that voters make informed logical choices. Samuel L. Popkin analyzes …

Although most studies underscore institutional change as replacement of one dominant
logic for another and assume that professions are guided by a single logic, professions that …

This original and engaging book advocates an unabashedly empirical approach to
understanding human values: abstract ideals that we consider important, such as freedom …

Perceptual bias occurs when beliefs deviate from reality. Democrats and Republicans are
thought to be especially susceptible to this type of biased-information processing. And yet …