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The News Media

The News Media. POLS 21: The American Political System. A Typology of Media Effects. Persuasion Agenda-setting Priming. There are 3 kinds of media effects:. The Law of Minimal Effects. Economic Conditions During the 1992 Presidential Campaign.

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The News Media

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  1. The News Media POLS 21: The American Political System

  2. A Typology of Media Effects • Persuasion • Agenda-setting • Priming There are 3 kinds of media effects: The Law of Minimal Effects

  3. Economic Conditions During the 1992 Presidential Campaign

  4. News Coverage of the Clinton / Lewinsky Scandal

  5. Trends in President Clinton’s Job Approval, 1998 If the media is so powerful, why haven't the polls changed? Does this suggest the limits of “priming?”

  6. Media Coverage of the War in Iraq

  7. Key Misperceptions • That U.S. forces found weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq • That clear evidence was found linking Saddam Hussein to al Qaeda • That world opinion was in favor of the U.S. going to war with Iraq Those who held these “misperceptions” were far more likely to support the war.

  8. Cumulative Effect of Having Key Misperceptions on Support for the War

  9. Is this evidence of media bias?

  10. Limitations on the News Media Influence • Low media credibility • Alternative interpretation of events provided by other media outlets • Conflict with an individual’s values and political orientations

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