ABSTRACT
The agenda-setting model seeks to describe and explain the process by which certain political issues receive high-priority standing from decision-makers while others are neglected and fail to lead to government action. The model takes into account a large variety of factors, including triggering events, patterns of social conflict, the role of issue entrepreneurs, strategic use of political language, media coverage, and institutional rules and norms, in accounting for the behavior of officials in addressing social problems. Agenda-setting concepts have been employed within an extensive number of case studies covering diverse policy domains. Currently, the model is also undergoing expansion through its incorporation in comparative and transnational policy research.
