Donate SIGN UP

agenda setters

Avatar Image
weezy1979 | 21:57 Tue 27th Feb 2007 | Jobs & Education
1 Answers
hi , i am doing a presentation in uni on democratic functions of the media . I was wondering if any of you smart people would know what an agenda setters role is in politics and the media ? Thanks in advance
Gravatar

Answers

Only 1 answerrss feed

Best Answer

No best answer has yet been selected by weezy1979. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.

For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
Go to the News topic and look at what they're all talking about there.

Why are they talking about these particular things (probably troop withdrawral from Iraq, Crime figures immigration etc.)?

Chances are it's because the media and in particular the tabloids have been running big stories on it.

This is setting the agenda - they concentrate on particular issues, sometimes for a long time, sometimes for only a day.

People get worked up, questions are asked in Government and the whole little merry-go-round continues.

This is the way that the media exercises power.

A furter example - there has recently been a big EU funding push for science and innovation and the UK is likely to do very well out of it. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6337273.st m

Few people heard this story because most of the papers have an agenda that is anti-EU.

Any story showing the EU in a bad light is promoted, any that show it in a good light is dropped in prominance or dropped completely.

The US media have a similar position regarding the UN.



Only 1 answerrss feed

Do you know the answer?

agenda setters

Answer Question >>

Related Questions

Avatar Image
remy lover