Abstract
The agenda of the president, press and public obviously have a relationship to each other, and this study finds the president can interfere with the relationship between the news media and public by presenting an agenda of issues that differs from the press' agenda. Based on a content analysis of the president's weekly summary of activities/documents and Gallup Poll data from 1970 to 1988, this investigation suggests president and press, in a sense, compete for public attention and that the president is more likely to win attention when his popularity is high.
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