Think Tank Agenda Setting: The Influence of the Council on Foreign Relations on Elections, the New Administration's Transition Agenda, and Beyond. A Case Study
Abstract
The idea that think tanks set the order of importance of issues seems fairly obvious they are comprised of academics, revolving door administration officials, and other minds devoted to the full-time research and analysis of the issues facing our government and our world They have the luxury of exploring a variety of options related to an issue and the resources to dig deeply and vertically into an issue versus the broader paintbrush strokes that official government agency and departments generally provide In many respects, think tank influence is like that of the U.S. news media Much like the news media, think tanks can highlight what they consider newsworthy and that highlighted information then becomes, by definition, news Amen can voters tend to perceive the big issues of the day as those issues on which the media focus There has been a great deal of research and suggestion that it is the news media that are setting the public agenda in the United States But it is not as simple as that For example, why do the media focus on certain issues and not others? Is it due to the news value, which underlies the decisions the media professionals make?
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA477263
Entities
People
- Marla L. Carl
Organizations
- Air Command and Staff College