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The belief that the news media do not influence what people think so much as they influence what people think about. <ref>Ott, Brian and Robert Mack, ''Chapter 3'', ''Critical Media Studies: An Introduction'' (John Wiley & Sons), 2014. </ref>  
The belief that the news media do not influence what people think so much as they influence what people think about. <ref>Ott, Brian and Robert Mack, ''Chapter 3'', ''Critical Media Studies: An Introduction'' (John Wiley & Sons), 2014. </ref>  
==Background==
==Background==
Extended definition of the term.
Agenda-setting is a side-effect of gatekeeping. There are two levels of agenda-setting:
Who coined the term?
1. studied by researchers, media uses objects or issues to influence the people what people should think about. <ref>Ott, Brian and Robert Mack, ''Chapter 3'', ''Critical Media Studies: An Introduction'' (John Wiley & Sons), 2014. </ref>
Disciplinary history?
2. Media focuses on the characters of issues how people should think about. <ref>Ott, Brian and Robert Mack, ''Chapter 3'', ''Critical Media Studies: An Introduction'' (John Wiley & Sons), 2014. </ref>
Significant figures, theorists, etc.?
 
 


==Uses in other disciplines==
==Uses in other disciplines==

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The belief that the news media do not influence what people think so much as they influence what people think about. [1]

Background

Agenda-setting is a side-effect of gatekeeping. There are two levels of agenda-setting: 1. studied by researchers, media uses objects or issues to influence the people what people should think about. [2] 2. Media focuses on the characters of issues how people should think about. [3]


Uses in other disciplines

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References

  1. Ott, Brian and Robert Mack, Chapter 3, Critical Media Studies: An Introduction (John Wiley & Sons), 2014.
  2. Ott, Brian and Robert Mack, Chapter 3, Critical Media Studies: An Introduction (John Wiley & Sons), 2014.
  3. Ott, Brian and Robert Mack, Chapter 3, Critical Media Studies: An Introduction (John Wiley & Sons), 2014.

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