File Gerbner, one-click no news Annenberg Library of the University of Pennsylvania has made available to researchers the personal file
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George Gerbner (1916-2006) , a key figure in studies on TV violence. He coined the term "mean world syndrome
'to refer to the distorted vision of the real world that a viewer may have to believe that the outside world is as violent as that reflected on the TV. It is the now famous "cultivation theory
', which holds that our social and personal imagery is highly influenced by the imaginary television. Of great prestige in the American Conservative (for that to find an excuse to censor television content), the theory of cultivation would be harshly criticized by Paul M.
Hirsch, for whom the causal relationship between viewing and beliefs advocated by Gerbner was far from conclusive.
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