Anti-Authoritarian

How legitimate do you find cultivation theory to be and do you agree with its basic theorems, or do you find the assumption that the audience is “passive” to be flawed?

Critiquing Cultivation Cultivation theory proposes that, over time, heavy users of media/television develop or cultivate views of the world similar to what they see on television/media. The “Anti-Authoritarian Politics of Harry Potter” video proposes that the films (or books) potentially cultivate a “skepticism of authority.” It could be argued that, conversely, shows such as The […]

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