Media influence in the configuration of public opinion: Legal Processes and Trials

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  • Fermín Bouza Universidad Complutense de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31921/doxacom.n5a1

Keywords:

Public Opinion, Communication Media, Justice, Agenda setting, Impact area, Publica agenda, Personal agenda

Abstract

Media pressure on the judicial system is taking up very significant percentages of front page news. Public opinion about justice in Spain is not good and this can be attributed partly to this media pressure. Despite this pressure, the Public Agenda does not include a significant preoccupation with Justice (nor do the Personal-Public Agenda or the Personal Agenda). There is no important transfer from the Media Agenda to the Public Agenda, following the terminology of the theory of Agenda setting, and there is, therefore, no impact area (intersection-set of the public and personal agendas in the three highest rankings of both) that includes Justice and its problems in any way; this is never a significant problem or issue on the public and personal agendas.

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References

Della Morte, G. (2005): ‘‘De-Mediatizing the Media Case’’, Journal of International Criminal Justice, vol. 3, nº 4, pp. 1019-1033.

McCombs, M; Shaw, D. (1972): ‘‘The Agenda-Setting Function of Mass Media’’. Public Opinion Quarterly, vol. 36, nº 2, pp. 176-187. (ver también, en castellano y en edición on-line)

Roda Fernandez, R. (1989): Medios de comunicación de masas. Su influencia en la sociedad y en la cultura contemporáneas, Madrid: Siglo XXI/CIS.

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Published

05-12-2007

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Miscellaneous of Research articles and essays

How to Cite

Bouza, F. (2007). Media influence in the configuration of public opinion: Legal Processes and Trials. Doxa Comunicación. Interdisciplinary Journal of Communication Studies and Social Sciences, 5, 15-32. https://doi.org/10.31921/doxacom.n5a1
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