Which best describes how media coverage influences elections?

gives voters an impression of the candidates

Explanation:

The first way journalists get involved in elections is by choosing which candidates to cover and how much. Those choices alone can have a huge effect on voter perceptions.

many major media outlets attract partisan audiences, which reflects political biases in their coverage.

Social media, especially news that is spread through social media sites, plays into the idea of the attention economy.

It is found that news use leads to political persuasion, therefore the more that people use social media platforms for news sources, the more their political opinions will be affected.