The Mainstream and resonance perspective

Mainstreaming is when frequent television viewers, who would otherwise have independent views, form a homogenous view of the world. In other words, when people with divergent ideas are exposed to the same television ideas, they will develop a shared, mainstream perspective.

Resonance is when a media message sounds true to a person because of a lived inexperience. For example, a television message about violence rings more true to a person who lives in a city with a high crime rate.