Maxwell E. McCombs

List of John Benjamins publications in which Maxwell E. McCombs is involved.

Journal

The Agenda Setting Journal

Theory, Practice, Critique

Edited by Chris J. Vargo

ISSN 2452-0063 | E‑ISSN 2452‑0071

Vu, Hong Tien, Annelise Russell, Maxwell E. McCombs and Paromita Pain 2020 Deepening the concept of  ‘compelling arguments’: Linking substantive and affective dimensions of attributes in assessing the effects of climate change news on public opinion The Agenda Setting Journal 4:2, pp. 219–240 | Article

This study examines the effects of both the substantive and affective dimensions of issue attributes in the news coverage of climate change on the public’s perception of the importance of this environmental issue. Results from our analysis show that the four affective dimensions (e.g., positive… read more

Chernov, Gennadiy and Maxwell E. McCombs 2019 Philosophical orientations and theoretical frameworks in media effects: Agenda setting, priming and their comparison with framing Fifty years of agenda-setting research: Volume II, Vargo, Chris J. (ed.), pp. 63–81 | Article

This paper explores the philosophical orientations within which agenda setting operates, and agenda setting’s place within the broader framework of the media effects tradition, specifically in comparison with framing and priming. It also responds to earlier criticisms of agenda setting for its… read more

Kowalewski, Jennifer and Maxwell E. McCombs 2019 Measuring public opinion formation: Assessing first- and second-level agenda setting through salience measures Fifty years of agenda-setting research: Volume II, Vargo, Chris J. (ed.), pp. 43–62 | Article

For the past 50 years since the seminal agenda-setting study, scholars have continued to make strides in understanding the importance mass communication plays in public opinion formation. Although scholars have measured both first- and second-level agenda setting often using open-ended response,… read more

McCombs, Maxwell E. 2017 A note from one of the founders The Agenda Setting Journal 1:1, pp. 3–4 | Announcement

McCombs, Maxwell E. and Donald L. Shaw 2017 The agenda-setting function of mass media  The Agenda Setting Journal 1:2, pp. 105–116 | Article

In choosing and displaying news, editors, newsroom staff, and broadcasters play an important part in shaping political reality. Readers learn not only about a given issue, but also how much importance to attach to that issue from the amount of information in a news story and its position. In… read more