Agenda setting is defined as what the media tells us to think about and how to think about it. Human trafficking is not something that is covered heavily in the United States via the media, if it is ever covered. Even though statics state that human trafficking is a growing illegal industry it gets very little to and media light. There are two main steps to the agenda setting theory, first is agenda setting which transfers the selected items to our agenda. The second stage is a process called framing, this when the media takes the selected items and creates an idea to be followed with them. The way that selected items are presented to the viewers help shape what they think about these items. Since human trafficking is not shown in the media, if it is shown at all, it creates the idea in the viewer’s minds that is not a problem that the world is currently
Agenda setting is defined as what the media tells us to think about and how to think about it. Human trafficking is not something that is covered heavily in the United States via the media, if it is ever covered. Even though statics state that human trafficking is a growing illegal industry it gets very little to and media light. There are two main steps to the agenda setting theory, first is agenda setting which transfers the selected items to our agenda. The second stage is a process called framing, this when the media takes the selected items and creates an idea to be followed with them. The way that selected items are presented to the viewers help shape what they think about these items. Since human trafficking is not shown in the media, if it is shown at all, it creates the idea in the viewer’s minds that is not a problem that the world is currently