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WHAT IS MEDIA?

WHAT ROLES DOES THE MEDIA


PLAY?
MEDIA POWER
1- Agenda- Setting
• The process by which it is determined which
issues are taken up by political actors and
institutions.

• Ex: Tsunami receives more media coverage 


Affects people’s donations
Gezi vs Penguin
2- Framing
• The power of the media to influence how
events and issues are interpreted.
3-Priming
• The process of preparing the public to take a
particular view of an event or a political actor.

• Pre-debate analysis

• https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/17/opinions/joe-
biden-president-2020-zelizer/index.html

• https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/
zorn/ct-bernie-sanders-trump-cruz-zorn-perspec-
0131-20160129-column.html

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