Agenda Setting Theory Makes All of the Following Claims, EXCEPT

question 26

Multiple Choice

Agenda setting theory makes all of the following claims, EXCEPT:

• A) The media guide and direct both what is on the public's agenda and how the public should think about it.
• B) Framing influences how citizens think about issues.
• C) The more time people spend thinking about issues the media have primed, the more important those issues become.
• D) The results of agenda setting should be strongest for obtrusive issues.
• E) Because people have limited information-processing capabilities, primed topics help them make sense of news stories that contain ambiguous information.

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