The process by which a relatively small number of people control what eventually reaches the audience is referred to as
A. the dominant ideology.
B. gate keeping.
C. the surveillance function.
D. the narcotizing dysfunction.
B. gate keeping.
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A. increasing population B. increasing life expectancy C. low birth rate D. large middle and upper class with leisure time
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