Cardenal, Ana SofíaGalais, CarilMajó-Vázquez, Sílvia2024-04-042024-04-042019Cardenal AS, Galais C, Majó-Vázquez S. Is Facebook eroding the public agenda? Evidence from survey and web-tracking data. Int J Public Opin Res. 2019 Winter;31(4):589-608. DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edy0250954-2892http://hdl.handle.net/10230/59648Preserving a common public agenda positively affects social integration, minimizing social cleavages and polarization. Although social media are known for fragmenting the media environment, research has not devoted much attention to their effect on the public agenda. This article addresses whether consuming news through Facebook shapes individual agendas that diverge from the set of most important problems (MIPs) as perceived by the general public. Our research design combines survey and Web-tracking data to analyze how Facebook-referred news consumption influences individual consumers’ agendas. We find that when Facebook is a relevant news referral, people are less likely to mention the top MIPs for a representative sample of the Spanish population. We discuss the implications of our findings for the public agenda.application/pdfeng© Oxford University Press. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in International Journal of Public Opinion Research following peer review. The version of record Cardenal AS, Galais C, Majó-Vázquez S. Is Facebook eroding the public agenda? Evidence from survey and web-tracking data. Int J Public Opin Res. 2019 Winter;31(4):589-608 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edy025 and https://academic.oup.com/ijpor/article/31/4/589/5250416.info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edy025Public agendaAgenda-settingSocial mediaFacebookPublic opinioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess