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The
 
Role
 
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What
 
is
 
“The
 
Media?”
 

Gatekeeper:
 
“B”
 
is
 
for
 
Business
 

Gatekeeper:
 
“B”
 
is
 
for
 
Biased
 

The
 
Media
 
as
 
Agenda-Setter
 

Public
 
 
Agenda:
 
 


 
 
Fix
 
 
healthcare
 
 

 
 
More
 
 
solar
 
 
power
 
 

 
 
Lower
 
 
taxes
 
 

The
 
Media
 
as
 
Watchdog
 

The
 
Media’s
 
Audience:
 
You
 

The
 
Role
 
of
 
Media
 

True/False
 
Active
 
Participation
 
Review
 

Name:
Local Dispatch

Agenda Cutout Activity

The Role of Media

The
 
Role
 
of
 
Media
 
Name:
 

Cambodian
 
students
 
visit
 
U.S.
 
sister
 
city
 

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Media
 
Roles.
 

The
 
Role
 
of
 
Media
 

What’s
 
YOUR
 
Agenda?
 

Intentions
 

My
 
agenda
 
is
 
to
 

News
 
Story
 

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Content: As
 
a
 
human
 
being,
 
it
 
is
 
impossible
 
to
 
be
 
completely
 
unbiased
 
even
 
if
 
you
 
try. The
 
media
 
is
 
made
 
up
 
of
 
human
 
beings; therefore,
 
even
 
when
 
media
 
outlets
 
try
 
to
 
be
 
unbiased,
 
they’re
 
not
 
always
 
successful. Bias
 
may
 
cause
 
the
 
media
 
to
 
open
 
the
 
gate
 
to
 
some
 
stories
 
instead
 
of
 
others
 
or
 
to
 
report
 
stories
 
in
 
a
 
way
 
that
 
is
 
weighted
 
toward
 
one
 
side. There
 
are
 
many
 
causes
 
of
 
bias. The
 
most
 
common
 
among
 
media
 
sources
 
is
 
being
 
more
 
politically
 
liberal
 
(leaning
 
toward
 
the
 
Democrats)
 
or
 
conservative
 
(leaning
 
toward
 
the
 
Republicans). Reading
 
p.1
 
The
 
Media
 
as
 
Agenda-Setter
 
Because
 
of
 
its
 
role
 
as
 
gatekeeper,
 
the
 
media
 
is
 
largely
 
responsible
 
for
 
deciding
 
what
 
issues
 
society
 
discusses
 
in
 
the
 
public
 
sphere. That
 
means
 
the
 
media
 
also
 
determines
 
which
 
issues
 
are
 
on
 
the
 
public
 
agenda,
 
which
 
is
 
the
 
to-do
 
list
 
of
 
issues
 
the
 
public
 
agrees
 
are
 
a
 
priority. An
 
issue
 
won’t
 
get
 
on
 
the
 
public
 
agenda
 
unless
 
it
 
is
 
being
 
discussed
 
in
 
the
 
public
 
sphere,
 
and
 
it
 
won’t
 
be
 
discussed
 
in
 
the
 
public
 
sphere
 
if
 
nobody
 
has
 
heard
 
about
 
it. Public
 
 
Agenda: