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What is agenda setting?

• The media’s role in deciding which topics to cover and consequently which topics the public deems important and worthy of discussion.

• Presenting sides equally and reporting on a broad range of news events.

• Using raw data gathered from the public and citizen-journalist to help create a news report.

• The process of passing on culturally relevant knowledge, skills attitudes and values from person to person or group to group.

What is a modern example of yellow journalism?

What is the difference between social media and news media?

What is fairness?

• Events stages specifically to attract media attention, particularly in the news.

• Structure or angle given a news story that influences reader understanding covering the event.

• News reporting on all relevant sides of an issue that allows representatives of those various sides that same coverage.

• Amount of total space available after an ad space has been blocked out, typically in newspapers.

How would you describe the current climate of news objectivity?