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Academic Discourse
Year : 2012, Volume : 1, Issue : 1
First page : ( 25) Last page : ( 34)
Print ISSN : 2278-3296.

Agenda Setting by Media: Orchestrating Society's Priorities?

Singh Ranbir

Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar (Punjab)

Online published on 18 June, 2014.

Abstract

The paper examines the agenda setting role of media and its influence on society. It is an empirical study of the priorities of newspapers through a content analysis of the front page of three national English dailies over a period of one week. The organizational policies of individual newspapers decide the subjects chosen for lead projection. It is found that many developmental issues remain sidelined. Crime and terrorism has made it to the top bypassing politics, the favourite subject of media and therefore, of the masses, making a significant statement about the state of affairs in the country.

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Keywords

Gatekeeping, Media Agenda, Public Agenda, Policy Agenda, Issue Quality, Issue Sensitivity.

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