%0 Journal Article %T A Meta %A Alexander Moe %A Hansel Burley %A Mingxiao Sui %A Yunjuan Luo %J Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly %@ 2161-430X %D 2019 %R 10.1177/1077699018804500 %X This study used rigorous meta-analytic approaches to analyze empirical agenda-setting studies published from 1972 to 2015, and 67 studies that met the inclusion criteria for analysis produced a moderate grand mean effect size of 0.487. A multiple regression analysis revealed one most notable predictor that classified the basis for the study correlation as either content categories or survey participants. A multiple regression of a subgroup using content categories produced homogeneity. The mean effect size for these studies was 0.51. This is an indication of consistency in findings across agenda-setting studies and the presence of strong news media¡¯s public agenda-setting effects %K agenda setting %K meta-analysis %K media agenda %K public agenda %K news media %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1077699018804500