Exercise 52
IELTS Reading: choose the correct statements
Cultivation Theory
Cultivation theory examines the long-term effects of television. Its primary proposition is that
the more time people spend 'living' in the television world, the more likely they are to
believe social reality aligns with reality portrayed on television.
Cultivation theory suggests that exposure to television, over time, subtly "cultivates"
viewers' perceptions of reality. Researchers George Gerbner and Larry Gross, the
originators of this idea, assert: "Television is a medium of the socialisation of most people
into standardised roles and behaviours. Its function is in a word,
enculturation”.
Initial research on the theory establishes that concern regarding the effects of television on
audiences stem from the unprecedented centrality of television in American culture.
Gerbner posited that television as a mass medium of communication had formed into a
common symbolic environment that bound diverse communities together, socialising people
into standardised roles and behaviours. He thus compared the power of television to that of
religion, stating that television was to modern society what religion once was in earlier
times.
Which THREE of the following statements correctly describe cultivation theory?
1. It looks at the physical impact of watching too much television.
2. It proposes that television influences the way we see the world.
3. It suggests that the effects of television occur gradually.
4. It is an established theory that is widely accepted by researchers.
5. It refers to a uniquely American phenomenon.
6. It looks at the role of television in society.
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