A Failure to Communicate: Agenda Setting in Media and Policy Studies

Wolfe, Michelle; Jones, Bryan D.; Baumgartner, Frank R.

doi:10.1080/10584609.2012.737419

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“…Actors can use policy forums for agenda setting (Baumgartner and Jones 1993;Wolfe et al 2013), i.e., to put an issue or problem on the political or public agenda. Bringing an issue to public attention on behalf of a whole forum-including different kinds of actors-increases the pressure to discuss the issue and find a solution for it.…”

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Policy forums: Why do they exist and what are they used for?

2015

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Abstract:Policy forums are issue-based intermediary organizations where diverse types of political and societal actors repeatedly interact. Policy forums are important elements of modern governance systems as they allow actors to learn, negotiate, or build trust. They can vary in composition, size, membership logic, and other distinct features. This article lays the foundation of a theory of policy forums based on three interrelated elements: First, it discusses conditions for the formation of a forum and describes the logic of these organizations as one of an asymmetric multipartite exchange. Second, it enumerates the potential set of goals and motivations of participating actors that are fed into this exchange. Third, it proposes eight different dimensions on which policy forums differ and which affect the exchange mechanisms among actors. We claim that empirical work on policy forums should systematically take these elements into account and propose elements of a research agenda.

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Section: Agenda Settingmentioning

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Policy forums: Why do they exist and what are they used for?

2015

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“…However, given that the power of the press to set the political and public agenda has been shown to be widespread (Wolfe et al 2013), and the media framing of problems can influence how the public evaluate policies (Iyengar, 1991) and how they understand issues (McCombs, 2004) the 'watchdog' or 'critic' role is important. In addition in weighting attention on one aspect of health policy over another the media help to set the tone for subsequent policy development Jones 1993, Wolfe et al, 2013).…”

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Mediating the spaces of diet and health: A critical analysis of reporting on nutrition and colorectal cancer in the UK

Wells

2017

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Citation: Wells, R. (2017). Mediating the spaces of diet and health: A critical analysis of reporting on nutrition and colorectal cancer in the UK. Geoforum, 84, pp. 228-238. doi: 10.1016Geoforum, 84, pp. 228-238. doi: 10. /j.geoforum.2016 This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent AbstractThe media are one of the main arenas in which nutrition information is framed and developed. Research has shown a predominantly individualistic framing of diet--related health issues such as obesity, type--2 diabetes and coronary heart disease in international media coverage. These issues are framed as personal, 'lifestyle' issues rather than requiring policy or structural change. In addition, research has shown a tendency in nutrition research and media coverage of it, to emphasize individual ingredients or components more than overall diet. The media have a tendency to report diet related research simplistically, often without contextualization. Taking a case study approach, this paper analyses UK news media coverage and framing of British Medical Journal (BMJ) published research into dietary fibre and bowel cancer risk. I investigate how the health issue fibre and bowel cancer is framed and dissect the process of mediation (from press release to mass media to local media), analysing the shifting 'geographies of responsibility' that result. This paper argues that media coverage of research into diet and bowel cancer can be explained by the technologies, conventions and routines of media representation. Key gatekeepers were found to have an important role in framing the information that was reported. Taking a critical approach, this paper argues that like obesity, type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease, coverage of nutritional means of preventing bowel cancer is set predominantly in the 'lifestyle' frame, often laying responsibility for increasing dietary fibre at the door of the individual rather than looking at broader social, economic, or political drivers of dietary change.

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“…Растущее число преступлений привлекло внимание СМИ и общества к данному вопросу (мобилизация к дей-ствию, в понимании Блумера), что способствовало повышению активности вла-сти в решении проблемы (формирование и реализация официального плана). В свою очередь, действия власти еще более усилили внимание к существующей дисфункции, которое сохранилось даже после того, как уровень преступности перестал расти [Wolfe et al, 2013]. Таким образом, даже при достаточно эффек-тивных официальных действиях в отношении проблемы она может сохранить (и упрочить) свое место в повестке дня, при этом утверждения-требования будут по-прежнему выдвигаться.…”

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Construction of Social Problems in the Media and Agenda-Setting Theory: The Limits of Concepts’ Compatibility

Kazun

2016

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A Failure to Communicate: Agenda Setting in Media and Policy Studies

Cited by 171 publications

References 70 publications

Policy forums: Why do they exist and what are they used for?

Policy forums: Why do they exist and what are they used for?

Mediating the spaces of diet and health: A critical analysis of reporting on nutrition and colorectal cancer in the UK

Construction of Social Problems in the Media and Agenda-Setting Theory: The Limits of Concepts’ Compatibility

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