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Indexing And Economic News: Coverage Of The 2009 Economic Stimulus Debate, Portia Levasseur
Indexing And Economic News: Coverage Of The 2009 Economic Stimulus Debate, Portia Levasseur
LSU Master's Theses
Indexing theory predicts that, in certain issue areas, media coverage will index levels of elite debate. Elite controversy, the theory predicts, will embolden the press to include a broader variety of sources and coverage should reflect a more open public debate. This has important implications for public opinion. Proponents of the theory expect that it will operate in a variety of issue areas of news coverage, but support for the theory exists largely in the realm of foreign affairs coverage. This study examines television coverage of the 2009 economic stimulus package to evaluate levels of indexing for a domestic, macroeconomic …