# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maxwell-e-mccombs
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:06:34.839Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maxwell-e-mccombs"
name: "Maxwell E. McCombs"
slug: "maxwell-e-mccombs"
description: "Maxwell E. McCombs was an American journalism scholar known for his work on political communication. He was the Jesse H. Jones Centennial Chair in Communication Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin. He is particularly known for developing the agenda setting theory of mass media with Donald Lewis Shaw."
tagline: "Journalist from United States"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1938"
deathDate: "2024-09-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "ماكسويل اى. مكومبس"
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    title: "Максвел Мекомбс"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump