(Answered):Impact Of Media On Public Policy Debate . . . .

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There are more media choices available today to ordinary citizensthan ever before. In fact, in the United States and in many othernations, citizens are dramatically decreasing the amount of time spentconsuming news through traditional media, such as nightly newsbroadcasts and daily newspapers. Instead, citizens are dramaticallyincreasing the amount of time spent on a vast array of alternative newsresources. Therefore, media outlets—whether on television, in print, oron the Internet—need to digest often-complex policy issues into smallsnippets that can be understood and communicated in a short amount oftime.

But just how do the media focus upon a relativelylimited number of policy