Question

The belief foremost in cultivation analysis is that because we all share a common public message system (television), the ______ of reality occurs, moving individual and different people toward a shared, television-created understanding of how things are.

Answer 1

Question Options:

A. mean world

B. resonance

C. mainstreaming

D. positioning

Answer: MAINSTREAMING.

Explanation: The cultivation theory founded by George Gerbner and it states that "the more time people spend 'living' in the television world, the more likely they are to believe social reality aligns with reality portrayed on television".

Mainstreaming is the best answer here because it means something that is used or accepted broadly. Its meaning in this context best fills in the gap.