Editing Agenda-setting theory (section)

===Study of topics outside the U.S.===
====Europe====
In Europe, agenda-setting theory has been applied in a similar way to research in the United States.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Peters | first = B. Guy | title = Agenda-setting in the European community | journal = [[Journal of European Public Policy]] | volume = 1 | issue = 1 | pages = 9–26 | doi = 10.1080/13501769408406945 | date = June 1994 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last = Princen | first = Sebastiaan | title = Agenda-setting in the European Union: a theoretical exploration and agenda for research | journal = [[Journal of European Public Policy]] | volume = 14 | issue = 1 | pages = 21–38 | doi = 10.1080/13501760601071539 | date = January 2007 | s2cid = 154919688 }}</ref> McCombs and Maxwell also investigated agenda-setting theory in the context of the [[:Category:1995 municipal elections in Spain|1995 regional and municipal elections in Spain]].<ref name="McCombs et al 1997"/>

====China====
Guoliang, Shao and Bowman found that agenda-setting effects in China are not as strong as in the [[Western world]].<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Zhang | first1 = Guoliang | last2 = Shao | first2 = Guosong | last3 = Bowman | first3 = Nicholas David | title = What is most important for my country is not most important for me: agenda-setting effects in China | journal = [[Communication Research (journal)|Communication Research]] | volume = 39 | issue = 5 | pages = 662–678 | doi = 10.1177/0093650211420996 | date = October 2012 | s2cid = 1787353 }}</ref>

Another study found that in modern China, internet public opinion has emerged as a rival agenda-setting power to traditional media.<ref name="Luo-2014">{{Cite journal |last=Luo |first=Yunjuan |date=2014-04-30 |title=The Internet and Agenda Setting in China: The Influence of Online Public Opinion on Media Coverage and Government Policy |url=https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/2257 |journal=International Journal of Communication |language=en |volume=8 |pages=24 |issn=1932-8036}}</ref>

====Japan====
In an analysis of the [[policy]] making process concerning temporary labor migration to [[Japan]], researchers observed how [[Human migration|migrant]] [[advocacy]] [[Advocacy organisation|organizations]] influence public opinion through agenda setting, [[Priming (media)|priming]] and [[Framing (social sciences)|framing]], which had a limiting effect on the impact of other [[interest group]]s.<ref name="Kremers 2014 716">{{cite journal |last1=Kremers |first1=Daniel |title=Transnational Migrant Advocacy From Japan: Tipping the Scales in the Policy-making Process |journal=Pacific Affairs |date=2014 |volume=87 |issue=4 |page=716 |doi=10.5509/2014874715 |url=https://pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/articles/transnational-migrant-advocacy-from-japan-tipping-the-scales-in-the-policy-making-process/|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

====Saudi Arabia====
A 2015 study found that social media is influential in the setting of the public agenda due to widespread dissemination and facilitation of the agendas of individuals.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Albalawi |first1=Yousef |last2=Sixsmith |first2=Jane |date=2015-11-25 |title=Agenda Setting for Health Promotion: Exploring an Adapted Model for the Social Media Era |journal=JMIR Public Health and Surveillance |language=en |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=e21 |doi=10.2196/publichealth.5014 |issn=2369-2960 |pmc=4869225 |pmid=27227139 |doi-access=free}}</ref>