Factors of News Selection

Question 1

agenda setting

Answer 1

a belief that those who decided what goes in the news on the agenda influence the important placed on new stories; decide what is important

• can be set by: frequency, obviously, prevalence, what people want to see
• the media might ell you what to think about but not necessarily what to think about

Question 2

mirror analogy

Answer 2

reflect the world as it is back at the viewer

-truth is mirrors distort, there are things beyond the margins of the mirror

Question 3

gatekeepers

Answer 3

those you select the news; anyone who control access to media, the contacts of what’s on around the news
-ex/ editor, photo editor, manager