Making the news: movement organizations, media attention, and the public agenda

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Andrews, Kenneth T. (author) and Caren, Neal (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2010
    URL:
    http://ast.sagepub.com
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11885
    Journal Title:
    American Sociological Review
    Journal Title Details:
    75(6) : 841-866
    Subject Term:
    community development, coverage, economic development, environment, environmental communication, interest groups, journalism, media gatekeepers, newspapers, organizations, reporting, social movements, environmental journalism, environmental issues, media coverage, and media agenda
    Notes:
    Online via UI Library electronic subscription, Authors analyzed why some social movement organizations were more successful than others in gaining media attention. They drew upon organizational survey data from a representative sample of 187 local environmental organizations in North Carolina with complete news coverage of those organizations in 11 major daily newspapers in the state during the two years following the survey.

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