Every year Project Censored posts a list of the twenty-five most censored news stories.These stories are "censored" not in the sense that the media are legally prohibited from covering them but rather in the sense that most major media outlets have systematically ignored them and,in the process,determined what the public will think about.What theory explains this?

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The concept of agenda-setting theory suggests that the media does not dictate what people think, but rather what they think about. By determining which stories get covered and the level of importance placed on them, the media can shape public perception of issues. In the case of the most censored news stories, the media is ignoring these stories and therefore, preventing them from becoming part of the public agenda.

Every Year Project Censored Posts a List of the Twenty-Five