________ occurs when, especially for heavier viewers, television's symbols dominate other sources of information and ideas about the world.

Mental templates that enable us to organize and classify the stimuli with which we must contend into manageable groups or categories refers to

a. schemas. b. organization. c. stereotypes. d. figure and ground. e. salience.

The mass media divert attention away from many topics

Indicate whether the statement is true or false