3 Models Of Agenda Building

What is in it for me, huh? That is the rational thinking of every human being. It is safe to say it is human nature to have our actions based on our self-interest. As human beings, we are programmed to try to avoid getting hurt as much as possible. We do not like taking action if we know if pain will occur. Humans wish to acquire benefits for their own sake and happiness in their life. Even though humans are emotional creatures, we use logic and facts to make our actions that will best suit us. There are occasions where our emotions and logic are combined when making decisions.
Let it be known, rationality does not equate to an outcome, but rather a process. Just like anything else, rationality will occasionally fail because of external variables
The three models of agenda building consist of an outside initiative, inside initiative, and mobilization. Outside initiative usually occurs with more popular public issues. It goes from the outer circle of the community into the inner circle of the government. A good example of an outside initiative would be gay rights. Many people from the community brought the issue into government. Based on the actions of the community, the government were forced to make it apart of the agenda-setting. There too many members of the outside community that were not pleased with the current civil rights for the people in the LGBQTA community. Inside initiative is not necessarily the complete opposite of outside initiative, but it is different. Instead of dealing with popular subjects or topics, the subject matter with inside initiative is not that popular. With the topics not hitting hard back to home, it usually takes the route of heading straight to the government and allowing the law to be the guide over the issue. The last model of agenda building is mobilization. Mobilization is often used to get members of the community to stand together as one for a certain cause or issue. Mobilization is a game of numbers, but first organize the group of people in order have some sense of order. After organizing and game of numbers, it becomes a unit of analysis. An example used in class was the Supreme Court. In the scenario that the Supreme Court makes an unpopular vote, no one is going to mobilize the community in order to start enforcing the unpopular ruling. The Supreme Court has to mobilize others in order to implement the decision made by the court. Inside initiative and mobilization can use for the same thing, but the government mobilizes people in what they believe is good for them. An example of where the government mobilizes people in order to help society is