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Link Ch. 2 – Revisiting Dr. Gerbner and TV Violence

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

By and large, most people who aren’t media scholars would be hard pressed to name a single media theorist who isn’t Marshall McLuhan. But the one possible exception would be George Gerbner because of his cultivation theory. Dr. Gerbner testified … Continue reading →

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Mass Communication and Fear Readings

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Next week I’m going to be guest lecturing in a class about the nature of fear.  So hear are several readings that deal with the notion of how we deal with fear and the media: George Gerbner on why we … Continue reading →

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