Neighborhood leaders' agendas and definitions of issues were compared with those of neighborhood newspapers and neighborhood residents. Both leaders' agendas and definitions corresponded relatively highly with those of the residents. Neighborhood papers' agendas and definitions were much less related to those of residents. Level of residents' education and level of attention to the issues by papers and organized groups influenced magnitude of correlations. Leaders were especially attuned to the concerns of the most educated residents.
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