Agenda Setting Theory
Students will choose one of the theories previously covered in class and write a traditional literature review on the theory. This will be a 4–6-page paper (not including references or title page) analyzing a minimum of 5 peer-reviewed journal articles that utilize the chosen theory. These articles must be drawn from the given list of communication studies journals and should explore different ways that the theory has been applied and utilized over the years. Students must choose a theory that they are not presenting on for the theory presentations. This should be a formal literature review that synthesizes the articles you have found using the literature. This means that your paper should NOT be a list of sources and the information attached to them, but rather bringing the 5 or more sources you have found into conversation with each other to build a picture of the different ways your chosen theory can be applied and expanded upon.
