How does fear drive the news of the day? An exploration of online discourse during Trump’s transition for power

  • Kristen Sussman*
  • , Jiemin Looi
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Agenda setting research examines how news media coverage prescribes issue and attribute salience in shaping public opinion. Hence, this longitudinal study analyzed bidirectional relationships of agendas in online discourse regarding Donald Trump’s transition of power in the White House using 42,352,749 tweets from the news media, journalists, and the public. Granger causality tests revealed that journalists were key agenda setters. Notably, their tweets were driven by the topic’s salience within the public agenda and fear.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 5 Aug 2022
Event105th Annual Conference of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, AEJMC 2022: Focusing on the Future Together - Detroit, United States
Duration: 3 Aug 20226 Aug 2022
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/67109922/22conferenceprogram (Link to conference programme)

Conference

Conference105th Annual Conference of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, AEJMC 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDetroit
Period3/08/226/08/22
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