http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/02/12/newspoll-issue-importance/ Politics, elections and piffle plinking Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:29:12 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2009/02/12/newspoll-issue-importance/comment-page-1/#comment-11999 fredex Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:48:58 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/?p=3837#comment-11999 It would be an interesting exercise to correlate the 'very important' graph results with 'mentions in the MSM'. I'm presuming there would be a pretty close relationship, but would it be causal, ie the media bang on about whatever a lot and the public respond by thinking whatever is very important? Horses and carts? Of course there would have to be some substance to the media reports. Or would there? The MSM, Denis for eg tried to push the economy is king line during the campaign to bolster his teams hopes apparently to little effect.. I'm not suggesting that this currently strong rating of the economy is 'confected' ,its fairly obviously important, but just about the relationship between the agenda setters and the public awareness response. It would be an interesting exercise to correlate the ‘very important’ graph results with ‘mentions in the MSM’.
I’m presuming there would be a pretty close relationship, but would it be causal, ie the media bang on about whatever a lot and the public respond by thinking whatever is very important?
Horses and carts?
Of course there would have to be some substance to the media reports.
Or would there?
The MSM, Denis for eg tried to push the economy is king line during the campaign to bolster his teams hopes apparently to little effect..
I’m not suggesting that this currently strong rating of the economy is ‘confected’ ,its fairly obviously important, but just about the relationship between the agenda setters and the public awareness response.

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