Explain the media's role in shaping the
public agenda. use a contemporary or historical issue with which you are
familiar as an example to support your reasoning.

The media's role is crucial in a country like the United States in which there is freedom of Speech guaranteed by the constitution and the first amendment.

Explanation:

One great example about the media's role is the coverage of the president Donal Trump's impeachment process. There is no doubt that it is an important issue in the American life. However, from my humble point of view, there are many other topics that the media hides or at least doesn't mention like for instance, the poverty in one of the richest country in the world.

i believe the answer is:

-   william jennings bryan is a democrat while mckinley was a republican

at that time, the segment of population that choose for democratic party were the voters with low economic background and vice versa

- william jennings has support of populists and wants to have inflation to farmers while mckinley has support of bankers and businessmen , doesn't want inflation

the fixed value of gold make the large business able to stack up their gold without   being worried that it would devaluated.

- william jennings supported the silver standard while mckinley supported the gold standard

according to jenning, using other metal beside gold could the poor people to have more purchasing power and them advance in the society.

the effect of the ming leaders banning ships with more than two masts was that there was no further construction of ships masts, because there was a surplus. ming emperors disallowed foreign exploration