What are the potential consequences of personalized information environments for agenda setting?

The media sets the public agenda, in the sense that they may not exactly tell you what to think, but they may tell you what to think about. This paper examines six major terrorist attacks that occurred in France and Nigeria between 2011 and 2016. The agenda-setting theory states that the mainstream media sets the agenda of public discourse. It does this not so much by telling people what to think but ... In general, agenda-setting theory would suggest that the press is more likely to be influential where the issues they portray are less well-known and ... Aug 31, 2021 ... The contingency of the mass media's political agenda setting power: Towards a preliminary theory. Journal of Communication, 56(1), 88–109. Oct 23, 2016 ... This entry provides an overview of three widely studied theories and mechanisms of influence: agenda-setting, which occurs when increased media coverage of an ... As far back as 1922, the newspaper columnist Walter Lippman was concerned that the media had the power to present images to the public. McCombs and Shaw ... The function of mass media agenda setting. DL Shaw, SE Martin. Journalism quarterly 69 (4), 902-920, 1992. 371, 1992. The agenda-setting theory. M McCombs, S ... Jan 28, 2016 ... To explore implications of the partisan news context for agenda-setting theory, this ... that agenda-setting power of the news media is ... Setting the Agenda describes the mass media's significant and sometimes controversial role in determining which topics are at the centre of public attention ...