________ is the process by which media consumers submit to particular understandings put forth by the media, seen most clearly in how society understands masculinity and femininity through mediated images

A term’s dictionary definition is ______.

a. denotative b. connotative c. operational d. unreliable

Immigration and acculturation policies in the United States have ranged from forced separation, such as in the case of slaves, to assimilation, such as in the case of Germans, to acceptance of the ______ of subcultures.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).