Pivoting to Video, Shrinking the Agenda: Media and Issue Attention in the U.S. Congress

• In Event: The Policy Agenda

Brief Overview

We illustrate a contraction of issue attention in U.S. congressional committees and connect this trend to two key changes in the political media environment: broadcast outlets surpassing print media and media industry consolidation.

Authors

• Jonathan Lewallen, University of Tampa

• Annelise Russell, University of Kentucky