Portrait of Joseph and his sister Elly Schoenbeck; Cologne, Germany. Portraits family

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Portrait of Fanny Goldschmidt. portraits women

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Portrait of Hirsch Lucas Goldschmidt Portraits men

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Ilse and Robert Goldschmidt with their parents Albert Goldschmidt and Elly nee Schoenbeck grandfather Albert Schoenbeck and great grandmother Sophie Schoenbeck nee Mahler. Portraits Family

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Portrait of Sampson Schoenbeck; Hannover, Germany. Portraits men

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Portrait of Sophie Schoenbeck nee Mahler; Detmold, Germany. Portraits women

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Flora Lotte "Lola" Reiss walking in the street; Toronto Portraits Women

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Agenda-Setting Revisited: Social Media and Sourcing in Mainstream Journalism

In political journalism, the battle over agenda-setting between journalists and their sources has been described using many metaphors and concepts. Herbert Gans saw it as a dance where the two parties competed for leadership, arguing that sources usually got the lead. We address the question of how social media, in particular Twitter, contribute to media agenda-building and agenda-setting by looking at how tweets are sourced in election campaign coverage in Australia, Norway and Sweden. Our findings show that the popularity of elite political sources is a common characteristic across all countries and media. Sourcing from Twitter reinforces the power of the political elites to set the agenda of the news media – they are indeed “still leading the dance”. Twitter content travels to the news media as opinions, comments, announcements, factual statements, and photos. Still, there are variations that must be explained both by reference to different political and cultural characteristics of the three countries, as well as by the available resources and journalistic profiles of each media outlet.

Dr. Hans Lehfeld speaking on the phone at his office desk.

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Portrait of Nikolaus Braun 1920 Portraits Men

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Portrait of Nikolaus Braun 1932 Portraits Men

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Reproduction of painted portrait of Marcus Elias Marcus, age 76. Portraits Men

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Portrait of Elly Goldschmidt and her children Ilse and Robert. Portraits Family

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Portrait of Joseph and his sister Elly Schoenbeck; Cologne, Germany. Portraits family

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Portrait of Fanny Goldschmidt. portraits women

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