Download or read book Agenda-Setting written by James W. Dearing and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1996-08-28 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agenda-Setting asks who sets the agenda that brings social problems into the public arena, on to the policy agenda and, finally, to a change of policy. It provides important practical and theoretical insight into the agenda-setting process.