Research Article

The optimal time-lag for media’s third-level agenda-setting effect

Number: 66 July 12, 2024
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The optimal time-lag for media’s third-level agenda-setting effect

Abstract

Third-level (or network) agenda-setting research investigates the similarity between the links of thought that occur about issues or people in individuals’ minds and their links in media content. One of the most important questions in this area of research involves the time that is required for the level of importance of an issue on the media agenda to optimally determine the level of importance of that issue on the public agenda. This study examines eight issues that stand out on the agenda based on data from Yüksel et al. (2022). The research monitored the three most-watched television main news bulletins (FOX, Show, ATV), three newspapers with the highest circulation (Sözcü, Sabah, Hürriyet), and the three Internet news sites with the highest reach (ensonhaber.com, mynet.com.tr, milliyet. com.tr) between April 1-September 30, 2021 and identified the media agenda network connections through content analysis. Also, the study conducted two separate surveys between July 1-15, 2021 and October 1-15, 2021 among a sample of 2.401 households in 12 provinces representing the population of Türkiye to measure the links in public thought. The findings indicate six weeks to mostly be the time required for the highest similarity to media network connections to occur in the public mind on a specific issue.

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Supporting Institution

This study was supported by TÜBİTAK (SOBAG-1001) within the scope of the project titled "From Media to Our Minds: Third Level Agenda-Setting Research of Turkey ", numbered 120R028.

Project Number

120R028

Ethical Statement

The study was prepared within the scope of the data obtained from the TUBITAK-supported project titled "From Media to Our Minds: Third Stage Agenda Setting Turkey Research", numbered 120R028. Ethics committee permission was received for the project in question within the framework of the decision of Anadolu University Social and Human Sciences Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Board dated 25.11.2020. The document is attached to the author form.

Thanks

The authors would like to express their gratitude to Prof. Dr. Maxwell McCombs, one of the founding fathers of agenda setting theory. They would also like to thank project team member, researcher Prof. Dr. Nuray Gökçek Karaca and project scholars Aynur Çam, Zeynep Ünel, Çisil İpekçi, Bünyamin Uzun, Gözde Yardım and A. Sinem Mete.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Communication Theories

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

July 12, 2024

Submission Date

December 19, 2023

Acceptance Date

July 9, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Number: 66

APA
Yüksel, E., Koçak, A., & Dingin, A. E. (2024). The optimal time-lag for media’s third-level agenda-setting effect. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences, 66, 231-248. https://doi.org/10.26650/CONNECTIST2024-1406846
AMA
1.Yüksel E, Koçak A, Dingin AE. The optimal time-lag for media’s third-level agenda-setting effect. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences. 2024;(66):231-248. doi:10.26650/CONNECTIST2024-1406846
Chicago
Yüksel, Erkan, Abdullah Koçak, and Ali Emre Dingin. 2024. “The Optimal Time-Lag for Media’s Third-Level Agenda-Setting Effect”. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences, nos. 66: 231-48. https://doi.org/10.26650/CONNECTIST2024-1406846.
EndNote
Yüksel E, Koçak A, Dingin AE (July 1, 2024) The optimal time-lag for media’s third-level agenda-setting effect. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences 66 231–248.
IEEE
[1]E. Yüksel, A. Koçak, and A. E. Dingin, “The optimal time-lag for media’s third-level agenda-setting effect”, Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences, no. 66, pp. 231–248, July 2024, doi: 10.26650/CONNECTIST2024-1406846.
ISNAD
Yüksel, Erkan - Koçak, Abdullah - Dingin, Ali Emre. “The Optimal Time-Lag for Media’s Third-Level Agenda-Setting Effect”. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences. 66 (July 1, 2024): 231-248. https://doi.org/10.26650/CONNECTIST2024-1406846.
JAMA
1.Yüksel E, Koçak A, Dingin AE. The optimal time-lag for media’s third-level agenda-setting effect. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences. 2024;:231–248.
MLA
Yüksel, Erkan, et al. “The Optimal Time-Lag for Media’s Third-Level Agenda-Setting Effect”. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences, no. 66, July 2024, pp. 231-48, doi:10.26650/CONNECTIST2024-1406846.
Vancouver
1.Erkan Yüksel, Abdullah Koçak, Ali Emre Dingin. The optimal time-lag for media’s third-level agenda-setting effect. Connectist: Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences. 2024 Jul. 1;(66):231-48. doi:10.26650/CONNECTIST2024-1406846