Communication Campaigns About Drugs: Government, Media, and the Public by Pamela J. Shoemaker
Published in 1989, Communication Campaigns About Drugs is a valuable contribution to the field of Communication Studies.
Communication Campaigns About Drugs
Communication Campaigns About Drugs
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Communication Campaigns About Drugs Reviews
...this edited volume includes laudable studies about the media's agenda-setting role on the drug issue....provokes additional questions and serious debate not only about the role of the mass media but about the approach itself.
-Journal of Communication
...provides an excellent review of the literature about the agenda-setting function of the news media....For a statistically oriented book, most of the chapters are surprisingly accessible to undergraduate students.
-CHOICE
...provides further insight into the complexity of the relationships among the agendas of the public, media and government.
-Journalism Quarterly
...a useful summary of what is known of media impact on the drug issue.
-Communication Booknotes
...a welcomed addition to the growing body of literature...should be of interest to those seeking additional information about the nuances of the agenda-setting process.
-Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
About Pamela J. Shoemaker
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Table of Contents
Contents: P.J. Shoemaker, Introduction. S.B. Lachter, A. Forman, Drug Abuse in the United States. A. Forman, S.B. Lachter, The National Institute on Drug Abuse Cocaine Prevention Campaign. J.E. Merriam, National Media Coverage of Drug Issues, 1983-1987. S.D. Reese, L.H. Danielian, Intermedia Influence and the Drug Issue: Converging on Cocaine. L.H. Danielian, S.D. Reese, A Closer Look at Intermedia Influences on Agenda Setting: The Cocaine Issue of 1986. P.J. Shoemaker, W. Wanta, D. Leggett, Drug Coverage and Public Opinion, 1972-1986. D.D. Nesbit, Citizen Attitudes Toward Drug Testing: Value Conflict or Concensus? L.D. Johnston, America's Drug Problem in the Media: Is It Real or Is It Memorex? D.L. Shaw, M.E. McCombs, Dealing with Illicit Drugs: The Power -- and Limits -- Of Mass Media Agenda Setting.
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NLS9780415515528
9780415515528
0415515521
Communication Campaigns About Drugs: Government, Media, and the Public by Pamela J. Shoemaker
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