Week 1: Assignment and Response to Classmates

Week 1 - Assignment

Framing, Agenda-Setting, and Priming

Read the article Framing, Agenda-Setting, and Priming: The Evolution of Three Media Effects Models. Then, consider current news in recent weeks that has focused on political issues. Choose one event in particular and analyze one source of media (newspaper, magazine, radio, television, or Internet) and write a two- to three-page paper (excluding title and reference pages) that includes the following:

· Define the concepts of framing, agenda-setting, and priming in relation to the mass media.

· Identify examples and explain how the news outlet used framing, agenda-setting, and priming in the reporting of the political issue.

· Discuss how framing, agenda-setting, and priming might impact the audience in regards to the particular political issue.

The assignment must be completed using the APA style format and must include a title page, in-text citations, and a full list of references at the end. You must cite at least one reference from the textbook and at least one reference from scholarly outside reading material. References for each of the stories must also be included.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.