Week 6: Agenda setting and framing

Title: Rise in social deviance, plans made to counteract the problem in response.

      A country's future depends on its youth, but the youth depend on the elderly as role models in many areas, including ethics and education. However, in the case of our country, Country "X", the future may not be as bright as it is at the present. This is due to the behaviour of the country's younger generation at this time. Currently, they are best described as 'social deviants' who run amok in the streets doing criminal activities. The Ministry of Health has shown concern related to this matter. They believe that the main cause behind such deviants lie within the older citizens of the country. The older citizen's behaviour consisting of spitting and urinating in public brings a negative influence to the younger generation, who believe it as a cultural norm.

   The resulting behaviour will cause the image and the economy of Country"X" to be viewed negatively. Foreign companies will seem less likely to invest in a country which cannot curb this kind of behaviour, affecting the counry's economy. In order to combat this problem, the government plans to start public education immediately to deal with social deviants. This is done by the development of schools to produce a higher educated population to solve the problem. This also brings a positive benefit of attracting investors and improving the country's economy.....

Prioity as national agenda: -Older citizens spitting and urinating in public places.
                                            -The younger ones think it is a cultural norm.
                                            -lack of education likely cause of this.
                                            -affects government.

                                            -Government plans to start public education.
                                             -with public education, more educated people
                                             -more educated people, less chance of doing the negative behaviour
                                             -investors get more confident and invest

                                            -Public survey
                                            -with public education, the educated ones can educate the old people
                                            -less likely for people spitting and urinating in public
                                            -educated people can boost economy
                                            -encourages foreign investment