What Is the Principal Effect of Television on Public Opinion

question 79

Multiple Choice

What is the principal effect of television on public opinion?

• A)persuading people to take one side of an issue or another
• B)telling people what to think
• C)setting the agenda for thinking and talking about politics
• D)establishing new,dominant modes of political thinking

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