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Hip-Hop Culture In The Film Dope

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Agenda Setting describes the ability the media has on an audience when influencing them on selective topics. For example, if the news cover a topic frequently and prominently, the audience will note this particular issue as important.

The mass media is a diverse concept of unique information. The first time I heard the term “Slippery-Slope” was in the film Dope. Dope is about a high school boy name Malcom and his friends who loved 90s hip-hop culture. The idea of this movie was to describe Black culture in two ways, student A or Student B. As the movie progressed into its twisted plot you realize sometimes it is possible to be both Student A and B. If you put your mind to it.

For example, the term Slippery-Slope was used in this film as,
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