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2025 T2 DP DPHU1007 MEDA1307 Media, Society and Politics
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How was agenda setting defined in the lectures?
Options
A.a. The media have the ability to tell us what to think, and they have the ability to tell us what to think about.
B.b. The media don't have the ability to tell us what to think. But they do have the ability to tell us what to think about.
C.c. The media have the ability to tell us what to think, but we are also slowly gaining control of this process through social media.
D.d. The media have the ability to tell us what to think about, and Agenda Setting refers to our capacity to resist and challenge this power.
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The question asks for the definition of agenda setting as presented in the lectures.
Option a: 'The media have the ability to tell us what to think, and they have the ability to tell us what to think about.' This overstates the classic agenda-setting claim by suggesting media can control both what to think and what t......Login to view full explanationLog in for full answers
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