Popular media, particularly television and mass advertising, have a tendency to display a remarkably narrow range of behaviors and lifestyles and deeming this narrow range to be “normal” behavior. This results in ______.

A. media representing absolute reality
B. a highlight of the conflict between traditionalist and conservative values in the United States
C. immediate protest
D. the marginalization and neglection of people who are different from the mediated norm.


D. the marginalization and neglection of people who are different from the mediated norm.

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