If commercial programming consistently portrays European Americans as upstanding citizens and members of other races as lazy, criminal, or irresponsible, viewers may come to accept such representations as factual. This is known as __________.
A) gatekeeping
B)mainstreaming
C) reasonance
D) the mean world syndrome
E) constructing the news

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Mainstreaming is the process by which heavy viewers of television may start to perceive the social reality presented on TV as accurate, even when it is not. This can lead to stereotypes being accepted as facts, as described in the scenario.

If Commercial Programming Consistently Portrays European Americans as Upstanding Citizens