Agenda setting theory (Maxwell McCombs and Donald L. Shaw)

Agenda scope theory (Maxwell McCombs and Donald L. Shaw) Media captivate affects the order of presentation in word reports about news events, issues in the public mind. More importance to a news-more importance attributed by audience. Media Priorities It says what wad should think about and how people should think about. These are the levels of agendum setting theory First Level Mostly studied by researchers, media uses objects or issues to influence the people what people should think about. Second levelMedia focuses on the characters of issues how people should think about. Agenda setting theory used in political ad, campaigns, business news, PR (public relation) etcetera The main concept associated with the agenda setting theory is gate keeping. Gate keeping controls over the cream of subject field discussed in the media Public cares mostly about the product of a media gate keeping. It is especially editors media itself is a gatekeeper. News media decides what events to admit through media render on ground of newsworthiness. For e. g. News Comes from various sources, editors choose what should egress and what should not thats why they are called as gatekeepers. Priming act of the media in proposing the values and standards by which objects of the media assistance stinkpot be judged. Medias content will provide a lot of time and quadruplet to certain issues, making it more vivid. To say in simple words, Media is boastful utmost importance to a news so that it gives people the issue that is the most important information. This is done everyday the particular news is carried as a heading or covered everyday for months.Headlines, Special news features, discussions, expert opinions are used. Media primes news by repeating the news and freehand it more importance E. g. Nuclear deal. skeletal frame Framing is a attend of selective control Two Meanings 1. Way in which news content is typically shaped and contextualized within homogeneous frame of case. 2. Audience adopts the frames of reference and to see the world in a similar way. It is how people confiscate importance to news and see it context within which an issue is viewed. Framing talks about how people attach importance to certain news for e. . in case of attack, defeat, win and loss, how the media frames the news such that people perceive it in a different way. We can take India and Pakistan war same happening is framed in different ways in both(prenominal) the countries. So depending on which media you view your perception will differ. Criticisms of Agenda setting theory is Media users not ideal, people may not pay attention to details. Effect is weakened for people who have made up their mind. Media cant create problems. They can only alter the awareness, Priority etc.