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Agenda-setting studies in public policy: Origins, development, and new possibilities for coding in the age of AI

Frank, R. Baumgartner and Shaun, Bevan and Sebők, Miklós (2026) Agenda-setting studies in public policy: Origins, development, and new possibilities for coding in the age of AI. COMMUNICATION AND CHANGE, 2. No. 1. ISSN 3059-2011 (In Press)

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Abstract

We assess the impact of the 1972 work of McCombs and Shaw in communications as well as in political science and describe the literature that derived from it, with a focus on methodological innovations. We explain that transformations in the field made possible by increasingly powerful computer technology, the analysis of text as data, automated classification systems, and the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. We describe possible future directions of the field given these developments.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Agenda-setting, Public policy, Mass communications, Automatic classification, Text-as-data, Artificial intelligence
Subjects: J Political Science / politológia > JA Political science (General) / politológia általában
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 02 Mar 2026 16:19
Last Modified: 02 Mar 2026 16:19
URI: https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/235231

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