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Lomax Cook, Fay, et al. Media and Agenda Setting: Effects on the Public, Interest Group Leaders, Policy Makers, and Policy. The Public Opinion Quartely, vol. 47, no. 1, Spring 1983, pp. 16-35. JSTOR. Researchers analyzed the impact of the mass media on the general public, policy makers, interest group leaders, and public policy. Results indicated the media influenced views about issue importance among the general public and government policy makers. However, the change in public opinion regarding a specific issue did not directly result in policy changes, rather policy changes were a result of collaboration between journalists and government staffers. Ludwig, Mark D. Papers Endorse Republicans in Nearly 60 Percent of Races.†¦show more content†¦Political News Market. American Journal of Political Science, vol. 54, no. 2, Apr. 2010, pp. 428-39. JSTOR. Individuals who view the most non-centrist television news sources (CNN and Fox News) are further from the political ideological center. On the other hand, those who use the internet for news are interested in a broader array of issues, compared to those who do not. Partisanship and Cable News Audiences. Pew Research Center, 30 Oct. 2009, www.pewresearch.org/2009/10/30/partisanship-and-cable-news-audiences/. Survey complied in 2008 detailing the audience profiles of various cable news networks, including Fox news, CNN, and MSNBC. Pelc, Jerzy. Theoretical Foundations of Semiotics. The American Journal of Semiotics, vol. 1, no. 2, 1981, pp. 15-45. ProQuest Research Library. The theoretical foundations of semiotics, including: (1) five notions of semiotics, (2) semiotic properties, (3) theoretical semiotics, (4) semiotic methods, and (5) applied semiotics. Rasul, Azmat. Entertainment and Political Citizenship: The Changing Trends in Political Communication. Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, vol. 47, no. 2, Nov. 2010. ProQuest Research Library. 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