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The document discusses agenda-setting theory in media. Agenda-setting theory states that intense media attention increases the importance of certain topics to the public. A 1972 study by McCombs and Shaw examined how the media influences public opinion on issues during political campaigns through agenda-setting. The media chooses what information to share based on what they think the public will find most interesting and entertaining.
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- Discussing factors like ownership, control, and audience interpretation that shape how media content is produced and received.
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1) The Reception Theory explains that audiences can interpret the same media in different ways based on their experiences and that there are three types of readings - dominant, oppositional, and negotiated.
2) The Uses and Gratifications Model suggests that audiences select media based on social and entertainment needs and to understand the world and will reinforce their existing views.
3) The Two Step Flow Model describes how media is first interpreted by influential people who then share their views with others.
4) The Hypodermic Needle Model suggests that media directly influences people's thinking.
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- 1. Do you enjoy reading magazines? Or reading articles dealing with your favorite athlete? Maybe you enjoy politics...
- 3. Well, the media chooses to share the information they believe the public would find interesting.
- 4. Agenda- setting theory is an idea, which states that intense media attention increases the importance of certain topics, issues, and individuals. This is known as the…
- 5. So easy a caveman understands…
- 6. Media picks the information they believe the viewers will find more entertainment from.
- 7. WOW!
- 8. In 1972, a study was done by Max McCombs and Donald Shaw in Chapel Hill, NC dealing with mass media during a campaign and how agenda-setting function was used in mass media.
- 10. Without this theory media may give you information you do not care about.
- 12. Some critics say that there is no evidence to show the connection between the order of importance placed on issues, by the media, and the significance attached to those issues by the public.
- 13. Next time you read a magazine, listen to speeches during the next campaign, or even watch the news, remember that the media chose that specific bit of new information specifically for you, and the majority of consumer preferences.