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David H. Weaver  

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  • David H. Weaver is primarily known for his theoretical work on media agenda setting and his landmark studies of American journalists. Weaver's most significant contribution to the original agenda-setting hypothesis is the psychological concept of need for orientation, which he developed with Maxwell E. McCombs in the 1970s. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Communication; Weaver, David H.]

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