Yup, these are real things that have been studied. That paragraph describes a combination of Agenda Setting and Cultivation Theory.
Agenda Setting is, well, exactly what it says. The media, whatever its form, sets the agenda for societal topics by how much importance they assign to one particular story or group of similar stories. Simply communicating news affects social behavior to a degree proportional to how important the information seems and how it is, in turn, important to the individual. Cultivation Theory is where the receivers of the message have their perception of the world shaped by media presentation, like agenda setting and framing. It especially affects those with a high media dependency or those using the media to fulfill their need for continuity or orientation. On 3/22/2012 6:50 AM, Vivec wrote: > > Media bias in the Trayvon Martin case? > CNN showed a clip about the case 41 times, MSNBC 13 times and Fox news 1 > time. > > The article explains that the more we see something on the news, the more > likely we as human beings are to think it is a problem and to pay attention > to it. That's why we may believe child abductions for example to be a huge > problem, when statistically it really isn't. The article asserts that there > is a responsibility which goes beyond merely reporting the truth when one > selects which out of a hundred stories gets airtime. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348963 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
