The Fourth Branch of Government: The Role of Interest Groups, the Media, and Political Advertisements in Contemporary Health Policy Debates

The Fourth Branch of Government: The Role of Interest Groups, the Media, and Political Advertisements in Contemporary Health Policy Debates

The first part of this dissertation explores whether interest group-sponsored political advertising campaigns influence how journalists frame health policy debates. The paper employs propensity score matching techniques, media content analysis and a modified version of the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index...

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Main Author: Rabinowitz, Aaron
Other Authors: Blendon, Robert J.
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2012
Subjects:
public policy
public health
advertisements
health care
interest groups
media
public opinion
Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10103
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10056541

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http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10056541

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