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Mean World Syndrome And Cultivation Theory

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“The world is a dangerous place, Jimmy”. That is an overused cliché phrase that is used by worried mothers telling her child who wants to explore the world. What makes worried parents think this way? Is it because of the crime, violence, disasters that are shown in the media? When people heavily watch the media such as the news or television, or even when they play video games, they witness thousands of deaths, both fiction and non-fiction. This is what causes George Gerbner to create the awareness of the Mean World Syndrome and Cultivation theory.
According to George Gerbner and Michael Morgan, from the Mean World Syndrome documentary, they had said that the Cultivation theory suggest that the media is responsible for shaping its’ viewers

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