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International Journal of Public Opinion Research Advance Access originally published online on October 12, 2007
International Journal of Public Opinion Research 2007 19(4):434-450; doi:10.1093/ijpor/edm028
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The World Association for Public Opinion Research. All rights reserved.

Terrorism and Africa: A Study of Agenda Building in the United States

Wayne Wanta and Yusuf Kalyango, Jr

Address correspondence to Wayne Wanta, School of Journalism, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211-1200, USA, wantaw{at}missouri.edu

An agenda-building model was examined for the question of Africa and terrorism. A path analysis compared real-world events (deaths and attacks attributed to terrorism), presidential emphasis, media coverage, and foreign aid for 20 African nations. Results show a clear agenda-building trend—when nations were emphasized with a terrorism frame. Presidential emphasis of nations’ involvement in terrorism influenced media coverage and the policy agenda. The findings also suggest that deaths attributed to terrorism influenced the news and policy agendas. Media coverage of nations with a terrorism frame influenced the policy agenda. Only one significant path coefficient was found in the analysis of agenda setting without terrorism framing: The more President Bush mentioned a nation in his public statements, the more The New York Times covered the country.

Received for publication September 29, 2006. Accepted for publication March 27, 2007.


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