The networked political blogsphere and mass media: understanding how agendas are formed, framed, and transferred in the emerging new media environment

This dissertation applied mass communication theory and the interdisciplinary theory of social network analysis to the networked political blogosphere and its relationship to mass media. Utilizing such mass communication theories as agenda setting, the two-step flow, and gatekeeping, this study exam...

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Main Author: Meraz, Sharon
Other Authors: Tremayne, Mark
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/3637