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AMMA: Agent-based Model of the Media Arena (1.0.0)

The AMMA simulates how news waves emerge in the mass media. It represents fundamental principles of public communication in a virtual media system: Drawing on the ideas of public arena models, the mass media are modelled as a public space, in which journalists report occurring events belonging to topics. Strategic issue sponsors initiate events for their favorite topics and compete for the attention of the mass media. The model helps to explore main drivers and mechanisms for the emergence of news waves and the resulting patterns of issue development. Four model scenarios are provided that each lead to different patterns of media attention. Scenario 2 produces the ideal-type of issue-attention cycle as proposed by Luhmann (1970) and Downs (1972).

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Associated Publications

Waldherr, A. (2012). Die Dynamik der Medienaufmerksamkeit: Ein Simulationsmodell [Dynamics of media attention: A simulation model]. Baden-Baden: Nomos.

AMMA: Agent-based Model of the Media Arena 1.0.0

Submitted by Annie Waldherr Published Feb 11, 2014 Last modified Feb 23, 2018

The AMMA simulates how news waves emerge in the mass media. It represents fundamental principles of public communication in a virtual media system: Drawing on the ideas of public arena models, the mass media are modelled as a public space, in which journalists report occurring events belonging to topics. Strategic issue sponsors initiate events for their favorite topics and compete for the attention of the mass media. The model helps to explore main drivers and mechanisms for the emergence of news waves and the resulting patterns of issue development. Four model scenarios are provided that each lead to different patterns of media attention. Scenario 2 produces the ideal-type of issue-attention cycle as proposed by Luhmann (1970) and Downs (1972).

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Annie Waldherr (2014, February 11). “AMMA: Agent-based Model of the Media Arena” (Version 1.0.0). CoMSES Computational Model Library. Retrieved from: https://www.comses.net/codebases/4110/releases/1.0.0/

Associated Publication(s)

Waldherr, A. (2012). Die Dynamik der Medienaufmerksamkeit: Ein Simulationsmodell [Dynamics of media attention: A simulation model]. Baden-Baden: Nomos.

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Annie Waldherr
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Model Version
1.0.0
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Operating System
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Publish Date
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Last Updated
Monday, February 19, 2018
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1.0.0 Annie Waldherr Tue Feb 11 10:48:47 2014 Mon Feb 19 22:52:41 2018 Published

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