How are the media most influential in determining what people think and care about?

a. The media cover some issues and personalities more frequently, making them seem more important.

b. The American media ignore issues that do not directly affect the US.

c. Most Americans vote for the candidates or issues the media tell them to vote for.

d. Most Americans are easily swayed by popular movie and film stars and tend to believe the same way they do.

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Matthias

16 June, 06:16

How are the media most influential in determining what people think and care about?

a. The media cover some issues and personalities more frequently, making them seem more important.

b. The American media ignore issues that do not directly affect the US.

c. Most Americans vote for the candidates or issues the media tell them to vote for.

d. Most Americans are easily swayed by popular movie and film stars and tend to believe the same way they do.

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Damian Pena · Answer 1

Actually, to some extent all of the options are true, although the media for example cannot directly tell people who to vote for, they can influence the people indirectly.

But the best answer is: a. The media cover some issues and personalities more frequently, making them seem more important.

Compare for example the recent attacks in Paris and Istanbul - the media covered the first more, making it seem more important

Tate Glenn · Answer 2

The way how the media mostly influences and determines what people think and what they care about is through covering some issues and some personalities more frequently and thus making them seem more important than they in reality are and this is something that they have been doing for a long time now - A.