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Article published In: Fifty years of agenda-setting research: Volume I
Edited by Chris J. Vargo
[The Agenda Setting Journal 2:2] 2018
► pp. 145–167

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Attribute agenda-setting resistance between horizontal Reddit pages and vertical news coverage

 | Sam Houston State University
Published online: 13 November 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/asj.18008.fun
Abstract
Reddit communities focused on Christianity demonstrate significant resistance to mainstream news media attribute agendas on Christianity and Christians. This computerized content analysis of five years of news coverage and survey responses from 113 Redditors found digital community members soundly rejected mainstream news attribute agendas. Data point to the strength and independence of digital communities to meld and define their own agendas and rhetoric while affirming both a need for orientation and previous research establishing limited agenda-setting effects regarding religion.
Article outline
  • Literature review
    • Agenda setting & agenda melding
    • Imagined community
    • Reddit
  • Methodology
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • Limitations and opportunities for future research
  • References
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