The following link is to a column in the Washington Post from a few years ago in which the author discusses an updated study of Gerbner's work by the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2014/06/20/is-tv-making-us-more-afraid-of-crime-or-burning-us-out-on-violence/

• Why do you think cultivation theory has remained popular, and how do you think the media world has changed since Gerbner developed cultivation theory?
• And did reading about Gerbner's research and the follow-up study by the Annenberg Public Policy Center change your understanding of the effects of media violence? How, or why (or why not)?

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