What role do the media play in the policymaking process? Use the example of poor conditions in nursing homes to illustrate this role

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Define and explain agenda setting, agenda building, and issue-attention cycle.
2. Identify the criteria the media use to select which events and issues to cover.
3. Use poor conditions in nursing homes to illustrate media attention and coverage, agenda setting occurring as a result of this coverage, government attention to the issue, and decreased media and public interest (issue-attention cycle).

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