Question

over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, the media wrote many stories about president bidens efforts to contain the spread of covid-19 by issuing vaccine mandates for federal employees and contractors and some stories on the economic relief package passed. what two means of media influence was this an example of?

correct answer(s)

priming
framing
whistleblowing
agenda setting

Explanation:

Identify the media effects in the scenario

The scenario describes the media writing "many stories" about President Biden's vaccine mandates and "some stories" on the economic relief package. By choosing which topics to cover extensively versus minimally, the media determines which issues the public thinks about, which is agenda setting.

Analyze the evaluative impact of the coverage

By focusing heavily on vaccine mandates and economic relief, the media prepares the public to evaluate President Biden's overall performance based specifically on these highlighted issues, which is priming.

Answer:

• priming (Correct answer)
• framing
• whistleblowing
• agenda setting (Correct answer)