Media scholars who specialize in agenda-setting research study the salience, or relative importance, of an issue and then attempt to understand what causes it to be important. The relative salience of an issue determines its place within the public agenda, which in turn influences public policy creation.
When critics claim that a particular media outlet has an agenda, they are drawing on this theory. Agendas can range from a perceived liberal bias in the news media to the propagation of cutthroat capitalist ethics in films. For example, the agenda-setting theory explains such phenomena as the rise of public opinion aga...
The Internet and its accompanying cultural revolution have made McLuhan’s bold utopian visions seem like prophecies. Indeed, his work has received a great deal of attention in recent years. Analysis of McLuhan’s work has, interestingly, not changed very much since his works were published. His supporters point to the h...
The results of the People’s Choice Study challenged this model. Conducted in 1940, the study attempted to gauge the effects of political campaigns on voter choice. Researchers found that voters who consumed the most media had generally already decided for which candidate to vote, while undecided voters generally turned...
For example, she was explaining her results to the public. The same study, written to appear in Popular Science, would need to explain why it matters that carbon and nitrogen differently influence plant root length and structure. The researcher might, for example, hypothesize that overuse of synthetic, nitrogen-based f...
For example, the researcher studying the effects of carbon and nitrogen on plant roots might compose a paper for a scientific journal; the audience for this piece would be other researchers interested in plant ecology. In this paper, the researcher could focus on the data and results, emphasizing how varying levels of ...
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As one of the largest Bitcoin ATM operators in North America, Bitcoin Depot has added 51 BTC to its treasury holdings, bringing its total to 71.5 BTC.
