According to the text, which of the following best describes the starting premise that was

first proposed in connection with “agenda-setting” theory?



a. The media don’t tell us what to think, but they tell us what to think about.
b. The media tell us what to think about, but they also can tell us what to actually
think.
c. Media messages in a political realm resemble a “spiral of silence.”
d. The theory cannot be tested experimentally; it must be tested in the context of
survey research and field research because of the nature of the cognitive and
social processes that are proposed.
e. The theory cannot be tested with surveys and field research; it must be tested with
experiments because of the nature of the cognitive and social processes that are
proposed.


a.

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