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sabina

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Media's choices about what is news and what isn't are known as __________.
 
  a. agenda setting
  b. newsmaking
  c. socializing
  d. spinning

Question 2

What is narrowcasting?
 
  a. all means of communication with the general public
  b. the emergence of news outlets that offer specialty content for small, niche audiences
  c. the power the news media has to decide what is news and what issues will be addressed
  d. the learning of political values via the mass media



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: b

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b



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