Agenda

Agenda Setting theory was developed by Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaw. According to Griffin (2011), McCombs and Shaw believe that the mass media have the ability to transfer the salience of items on their news agendas to the public agenda. This theory refers to mass communications effects which hold that news media, through the editorial selection process, transmit to the public the salience of political objects, which affects the relative importance of these objects to the public. (Kaid &…

As I was reading “Health Agenda for the 21st Century”, I felt amazed at how there have been so many technological advances and improvements that were made in the 21st century for the betterment of people’s health. For example, before technology, one of the only ways to investigate brain function was to open up the skull and physically probe into the brain. However the proper technology is now available to accurately localize essentially every part of the brain without opening the skull. “By…

you are just afraid of what they would think of you. Many authors create mindsets for their characters by using their own personal experiences, likings, and environment to affect the story. Becky Albertalli, the author of Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda, is a perfect example of this situation. She uses her own story to create a fictional, yet very similar to reality, storyline. Becky’s experiences from teaching, personal likings, and religious preferences may have influenced her to create Simon…

In DiLorenzo’s book, THE REAL LINCOLN A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War, this book gives a critical overview of President Lincoln; his view on slavery, the National Bank and the Reconstruction. DiLorenzo’s book examines the actions taken by President Lincoln, and gives “evidence that Abraham Lincoln is not the Great Emancipator, but the Great Centralizer.” (xiii) In a review published by David Gordon, “The primary thesis is that Lincoln was a "white…

1. Gaddis’ hint on the policy maker agenda is completely accurate and falls in line with both films. For example, in the film Farewell, the KGB Colonel defected from the Soviets. The reasoning behind this was driven by such policy makers. As the film provides, he defects because he feels the leadership of the USSR is leading to conflict that is unnecessary. It is because of the ambitious chasing of policy that the Colonel is forced to switch sides and provide vital intel in the first place. The…

Change is followed by fear. Depending on how a person handles this fear they will either succumb to violence or passivity. It is a rare portion of the population that will face their fears head on with courage. In the story Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda written by Becky Albertalli such courage is exemplified by the character Simon. In the book when Simon said he was “tired of coming out” (Albertalli, 40). what he was expressing was humanity's innate desire for things to be the way they always…

-The Soviet Union saw the Marshall Plan as part of the capitalist agenda of the USA to expand its sphere of influence intro Eastern Europe, “Soviet Territory”. -They accused the US of attempting to impose its ideology and beliefs onto otherwise free and independent states -Following the announcing of the Marshall Plan, Moscow announced the Molotov Plan. This led to the linking of Eastern Europe’s economy to that of the USSR. -This aid would prevent Eastern European countries to rely on American…

In the article titled Social Justice and Sociology: Agendas for the Twenty- First Century, the author Joe R Feagin discusses the downside of a capitalistic world. In this article he explains four ways in which capitalism is hurting us on the global scale and in the end Feagin gives us an agenda on how we could possible make changes for our societies system of capitalism by bringing social justice back to the center of focus. Feagin’s first point is about the amount of social injustice in…

The Wizard of Oz children’s author L. Frank Baum helps reflect the populist agenda throughout the actions and personalities of the characters. Baum gives images during the turn of the United States dealing with political and economical issues during a specific time in history. Baum work helps give imagery of the populist agenda by providing the characters, symbols, and themes. Dorothy is the center of the whole image or issue. Dorothy is an orphan living with her Aunt and Uncle on a farm in…

The flaws of cultivation theory have given rise to other media effects theories, such as agenda setting, which is the most popular contemporary approach to studying the media, political reporting and the media’s role in shaping public opinion (Laughey 2007). Gerbner’s cultivation theory is flawed in that its research and findings have failed to be replicated, a major issue in social science research (De Fleur & Ball-Rokeach 1989). Gerbner also failed to separate the entertainment and information…