Political Science 2143 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Negativity Bias, Political Machine, New Media
4 Jan 2021
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Alerts us to the main issues of the day, month, year. Tightly edited shows us what is important. News sets the public agenda and influences public opinion. News fits into these four main narrative stories and is presented as such. Citizen in the public sphere to consumer in private sphere. Audience reacts to the news changes audience, public opinion. Media tells us not what to think, it tells us what to think about. Sets the agenda for what is considered important. Stories that appear in the news are part of the agenda the way that we receive information, tells us what is important because it depends on how power is constructed. Countries that are more powerful are going to get more media attention. Salient: making peace of information more noticable, meaningful, or impactful to audiences by placement of phrases, types of word. New media system: combination of professional news media and social media.
