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Originally posted by sh1fty
What's important is that we stop cannabilizing each other and continue to search all avenues for what the real truth is.
Originally posted by iceblue20-12
These mass die offs happened so far over a 10 day period.
Can ANYONE show me where this amount of die offs have happened in a 10 day period in our history.
Iam not interested in yearly figures,show me the same die offs over a 10 day time span,globally.
Originally posted by kroms33
reply to post by Tsuki-no-Hikari
Starred!
I live near Chicago - so, I guess we are used to this kind of thing... every year thousands and thousands of fish wash up dead on our shores in lake Michigan... its the cycle of life.
Cultivation theory in its most basic form, then, suggests that exposure to television, over time, subtly "cultivates" viewers' perceptions of reality.
The ideas (on tv) presented to a passive audience are often accepted, therefore influencing large groups into conforming behind ideas, meaning that the media exerts a significant influence over audiences. This audience is seen as very vulnerable and easily manipulated.
In 1968 Gerbner conducted a survey to demonstrate this theory. From his results he placed television viewers into three categories; light viewers (less than 2 hours a day), medium viewers (2–4 hours a day) and heavy viewers (more than 4 hours a day). He found that heavy viewers held beliefs and opinions similar to those portrayed on television rather than the real world which demonstrates the compound effect of media influence.