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   agenda setting
   the committee of, say, the local union branch will set the agenda for the next branch meeting. The agenda shows the order in which items are to be discussed and anything not on the agenda is not discussed. In a similar way, the media are said to perform an agenda-setting rôle, both determining what...
   Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20164
   
   
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   agenda setting
   the process whereby the mass media, especially television, radio and the press, determine what are important, newsworthy stories and what are not.
   Found op http://www.polity.co.uk/cbs3/PDF/Glos.pdf
   
   
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   agenda-setting
   Controlling the focus of attention by establishing the issues for public discussion.
   Found op http://polisci.nelson.com/glossary.html
   
   

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