AQA GCSE Media Studies · 8572
Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: Viewpoints, significance and audience interpretationAgenda setting describes how media choices can influence which issues audiences regard as important. Newspapers have limited space, so they cannot give every event equal coverage. Selection, headline size, placement and repeated reporting all affect prominence.
- Revise: Analysing newspapers: front pages, inside pages and political bias
The media’s influence over which issues become prominent in public discussion and which aspects of those issues receive attention.