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    Agenda-setting theory states that the news media has influence over what issues audiences perceive as important through the process of salience transfer. Salience transfer is the ability of the news media to shift issues from their own news coverage agenda to the public agenda. McCombs and Shaw's research on presidential campaigns from 1968-1976 found that the issues voters identified as most important were consistent with the issues most prominently covered in the media. Their work established that the news media significantly impacts what issues voters perceive as the major issues of political campaigns through agenda-setting.

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    Agenda-setting theory states that the news media has influence over what issues audiences perceive as important through the process of salience transfer. Salience transfer is the ability of the news media to shift issues from their own news coverage agenda to the public agenda. McCombs and Shaw's research on presidential campaigns from 1968-1976 found that the issues voters identified as most important were consistent with the issues most prominently covered in the media. Their work established that the news media significantly impacts what issues voters perceive as the major issues of political campaigns through agenda-setting.

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    Agenda-setting theory states that the news media has influence over what issues audiences perceive as important through the process of salience transfer. Salience transfer is the ability of the news media to shift issues from their own news coverage agenda to the public agenda. McCombs and Shaw's research on presidential campaigns from 1968-1976 found that the issues voters identified as most important were consistent with the issues most prominently covered in the media. Their work established that the news media significantly impacts what issues voters perceive as the major issues of political campaigns through agenda-setting.

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    Agenda-setting theory states that the news media has influence over what issues audiences perceive as important through the process of salience transfer. Salience transfer is the ability of the news media to shift issues from their own news coverage agenda to the public agenda. McCombs and Shaw's research on presidential campaigns from 1968-1976 found that the issues voters identified as most important were consistent with the issues most prominently covered in the media. Their work established that the news media significantly impacts what issues voters perceive as the major issues of political campaigns through agenda-setting.

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    By McCOMBS AND SHAW

    Agenda-setting theory states that the news media have a large

    influence on audiences.
    Agenda-setting theorys main postulate is salience transfer.
    Salience transfer is the ability of the news media to transfer issues of

    importance from their news media agendas to public agendas.


    The theory is consistent with a "use and gratification" approach. McCombs and Shaw assert that the agenda-setting function of

    the media causes the correlation between the media and public ordering of priorities.

    The people most affected by the media agenda are those who

    have a high need for orientation.


    As far back as 1922, the newspaper columnist Walter Lippman

    was concerned that the media had the power to present images to the public.
    McCombs and Shaw investigated presidential campaigns in

    1968, 1972 and 1976.


    In the research done in 1968 they focused on two elements:

    awareness and information.

    Investigating the agenda-setting function of the mass media,

    they attempted to assess the relationship between what voters in one community said were important issues and the actual content of the media messages used during the campaign.
    McCombs and Shaw concluded that the mass media exerted a

    significant influence on what voters considered to be the major issues of the campaign.
    Agenda-setting is the creation of public awareness and concern

    of salient issues by the news media

    Two basis assumptions underlie most research on agenda-

    setting:
    (1) the press and the media do not reflect reality; they filter

    and shape it.


    (2) media concentration on a few issues and subjects leads the

    public to perceive those issues as more important than other issues.


    Different media have different agenda-setting potential.

    The agenda-setting function has multiple components:


    Media agenda are issues discussed in the media, such as

    newspapers, television, and radio.


    Public agenda are issues discussed among members of the

    public.
    Policy agenda are issues that policy makers consider important,

    such as legislators.
    Corporate agenda are issues that big corporations consider

    important.

    Ruchi Singh

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