Which of the following terms refers to the phenomenon whereby massive amounts of coverage result in the audience becoming numb and failing to act on the information regardless of how compelling the issue was presented?
A. narcotizing dysfunction
B. surveillance function
C. gatekeeping
D. None of these answers is correct.
A. narcotizing dysfunction
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a. making workers susceptible to automation b. increasing hourly wages c. enlarging the worker's skills d. diminishing the meaninglessness of work
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A. invisible sexism B. glass ceiling C. second shift D. mommy tracking
A radical-left solution to the problem of poverty would be__________.
A. raising the minimum wage B. creating equal opportunity for people to achieve according to their talents C. expanding government assistance programs D. replacing our nation's capitalist economic system
Counterculture refers to
a. people who differ in some small way. b. popular culture. c. high culture. d. cultural patterns that oppose those that are widely held.