The media's ability to choose which issues or topics get attention is known as ________.


A. agenda setting
B. newsmaking
C. spinning
D. selective perception


A. agenda setting

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Midterm vacancies in district courts in Texas are filled by

a. the secretary of state. b. joint appointment by the speaker of the house and the lieutenant governor. c. gubernatorial appointment. d. the attorney general. e. justices of the peace in the county of the vacancy.

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. Despite economic growth, Mexican Indians still face obstructions to social mobility, as is indicated by their higher rates of infant mortality, malnutrition, poverty, and unemployment

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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Chapter 14 began with a summary of research conducted by Dunn, Huntsinger, Lun, and Sinclair (2008). For this study, what would be the null hypothesis?

a. Men and women will not be different in how they respond to good and bad gifts. b. Men and women will be different in how they respond to good and bad gifts. c. Men and women will be different in how they respond to good gifts. d. Men and women will be different in how they respond to bad gifts.

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The Cooley case related to the issue of the Dormant Commerce Clause was decided by the Court in:

A. 1789 B. 1851 C. 1941 D. 2010

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