McCombs's and Shaw's landmark study examined the public and media's agendas in regard to what event?
A) the implementation of the New Deal during the Great Depression
B) the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall
C) the invention of television
D) the 1968 presidential election

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McCombs's and Shaw's landmark study, which introduced the agenda-setting theory, focused on the 1968 presidential election. This theory suggests that the media doesn't tell us what to think, but rather what to think about by setting the agenda.

McCombs's and Shaw's Landmark Study Examined the Public and Media's