How do moral panics, agenda setting and gatekeeping relate to the selection and presentation of the news?

agenda setting

• media has a power influence over the issues that people think and talk about because the agenda is set by journalists

• e.g. we’re likely to have an opinion about donald trump, keir starmer

Key thinker: Mcombs (2004)

• The news media noy only tell us what to think about, but also how to think about topics

• e.g. difference between presentation of politicians→ corrupt, powerful and welfare benefits→ lazy, fraudulent

what influencers these agendas?

• Owners + ruling class interest

• Editorial terms- middle class bias

• Governments- embedding ideas into journalism

Example of agenda setting?

• 2008 global financial crisi