Media agenda shifts alter the political weight the public assigns to events over time

Evidence

Priming collides head-on with this assumption. According to priming, shifts in news media content alter the political importance that the public attaches to the flow of events. If priming is pervasive, the assumption of constant effects seems dubious. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1626

Categorization

• XREF: Challenges the constant-effects assumption common to time-series political economy work; parallels how agenda-setting theory unsettles fixed-parameter models. — connects to: Information acquisition and covert evaluation are competing mediators of agenda setting. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 1449; Media framing shifts which issues novices weigh in judging political performance — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1611; News media bias in agenda-setting overrides assumptions of constant effects (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Media framing shifts which issues novices weigh in judging political performance #corroborates (0.85) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1611
• News coverage prominence shifts how heavily people weigh issues in political judgments #corroborates (0.85) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1404
• Television news priming shifts which criteria citizens use to rate presidents #exemplifies (0.85) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1576
• Media agenda can determine which problems the public deems important. #expands (0.85) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1446
• Media priming can alter the foundations of presidential support #corroborates (0.85)
• News media bias in agenda-setting overrides assumptions of constant effects #corroborates (0.80)
• Dynamic, time-series tests confirm that media attention shapes public concern #corroborates (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1445
• Real-world dramatic events outside the lab trigger media priming effects on presidential evaluation #exemplifies (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1564
• Media shapes public knowledge by defining events and scenarios people cannot access directly #expands (0.75)