Triadic Associations among Agendas of Media, Public, and Government: A Long-term and Large-scale Empirical Evidence

Luo, Siqi; Lin, Tianqianjin; Yuan, Weikang; Zhu, Yifan; Huang, Cui

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Title

Triadic Associations among Agendas of Media, Public, and Government: A Long-term and Large-scale Empirical Evidence

Author(s)

• Luo, Siqi
• Lin, Tianqianjin
• Yuan, Weikang
• Zhu, Yifan
• Huang, Cui

Issue Date

2024-03-20

Keyword(s)

• Agenda Setting
• Media
• Public
• Government
• COVID-19

Abstract

With the proliferation of information channels and the enhancement of information exchange efficiency, interactions within the information ecosystem involving various actors, i.e., the media, the public, and the government, have grown increasingly intricate. These interactions can significantly influence each other’s attention allocation to different issues, which is commonly referred to as the agenda-setting process. Discovering the patterns and inferring the mechanisms of this dynamic process can be critical for various information governance research. However, prior efforts often overlook the multi-actor and dynamic nature of the process, focusing solely on pairwise and static relationships. Furthermore, they often rely on short-term and localized events, thus di minishing the robustness and generalizability of their findings. Starting from a triadic perspective, this study leverages a long-term global event (COVID19) as a case to investigate the agenda-setting process. The findings illuminated that the different actors indeed prioritize different issues on their agendas. Additionally, the media appeared to act as both advocates and disseminators of the government agenda while probably opposing the public agenda. This research extends the agenda-setting theory within the contemporary era and contributes long-term and largescale empirical evidence to complement the existing agenda-setting literature.

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iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2024 Proceedings

Type of Resource

Other

Genre of Resource

Conference Poster

Language

eng

Handle URL

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/122820

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Copyright 2024 is held by Siqi luo, Tianqianjin Lin, Weikang Yuan, Yifan Zhu, and Cui Huang. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors.

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