Which Is Most Consistent with the Agenda Hypothesis

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which is most consistent with the agenda hypothesis?

• A) An investor who is only mildly interested in political news that does not influence his or her business interests primarily visits financial news Web sites that principally cover economic and business news.
• B) A generally conservative individual watches a liberal cable news outlet to see "what the other side is up to."
• C) A liberal individual watches a liberal cable news outlet to see stories that match his or her ideological predispositions.
• D) A generally conservative person with little interest in politics happens to be exposed to some political news stories while he or she watches a local news broadcast to hear the scores of local sporting events and the weather report.
• E) A person intentionally chooses to avoid political news coverage on television in general because he or she finds the style of modern broadcast journalism distasteful.

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