George Gerbner’s concept of ___________ posits that the cumulative effect of viewing thousands of murders and acts of violence on television is to see the world as more dangerous as it actually is.

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Answer:

Cultivation Analysis

Explanation:

This cultivation theory of analysis is given by George Gerbner in 1976, when he researched the effect of media specifically watching television. He collected ideas of audience and their perception of media which in-turn influences their daily life decisions. This cultivation theory states that high television viewership for violence makes the viewer susceptible to belief that this world is a dangerous place and violence is increasing in their continent. Hence, the television viewers might suffer from Mean world syndrome and thinks that everything around them is worse and dangerous.