If Commercial Programming Consistently Portrays European Americans as Upstanding Citizens

question 20

Multiple Choice

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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Definitions:

Modified AGI

Adjusted Gross Income with certain deductions and exclusions added back in, used to determine eligibility for certain tax benefits.

Adjusted Gross Income

An individual's total gross income minus specific deductions allowed by the IRS, used to determine tax liability.

Deduction

An expense that can be subtracted from gross income to reduce the taxable income.

Imputed Interest Rules

Regulations set by the IRS to assign a reasonable interest rate to financial transactions that do not state their own interest or whose interest is deemed insufficient.