When Editors and Reporters Decide Which Issues to Cover and Which

question 40

Multiple Choice

When editors and reporters decide which issues to cover and which to ignore, they are engaging in the:

• A) priming effect.
• B) persuasion effect.
• C) filtering effect.
• D) framing effect.
• E) slant effect.

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Definitions:

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