Week 6

2-16-2009

Public Problems and Democracy

Hilgartner, S. and C. Bosk, 1988. The rise and fall of social problems: A public arenas model, American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 94, No. 1, pp. 53-78.

Downs, A., 1972. Up and Down with Ecology the “IssueAttention Cycle”, The Public Interest, Vol. 28, p 3250.

Schkade, D., R. Cass, and R. Hastie, 2006. What Happened on Deliberation Day? June, University of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 298.

Nisbet, M. and M. Huge, 2006. Attention Cycles and Frames in the Plant Biotechnology Debate: Managing Power and Participation through the Press/Policy Connection, The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, Vol. 11, pp. 3-39.

Listerman, T., 2008. Framing of science issues in opinion-leading news: International comparison of biotechnology issue coverage, Public Understanding of Science, doi:10.1177/0963662508089539.