Cultivation Theory
Cultivation Effects Analysis
As Gerber asserts, cultivation theory helps explain the effects that violent television has on viewers. We can also find that sexuality on radio, television, and magazines has cultivation effects on society. Sex and violence is, after all, the one-two combo that dominates prime-time television. Therefore, if the latter can be shown to have cultivation effects on the viewing public, it stands to reason that the former will too. Common sense tells us as much after a mere cursory glance at our surroundings. The flood of sexuality in advertising, musical beats and lyrics, and on screen and in the printed media surely have an effect on the way societal attitudes interpret sex. In fact, plenty of evidence exists to support the notion that views toward homosexuality, for example, are changing in radical ways. In the decade that has passed since prime-time television began representing homosexual characters in a positive way, homosexuality in society has gained more and more recognition -- culminating for the moment with the legalization of gay marriage in New York. Researchers like Jerel Calzo, Jennifer Bonds-Raacke, and Werner-Wilson likewise agree: television and other media can change the way society regards both hetero- and homosexuality. This paper will hypothesize about some of the cultivation effects that may be seen from this perspective.
The most obvious place to state is with adolescents, whose views on sexuality are being tested because of their age. Caught in the very nets of the first flushes of sexuality, they are especially vulnerable to the images and subject matter of advertising and television programming. While their opinions about what is acceptable...
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