Cultivation Theory

I first learned of Cultivation Theory in my Quantitative communication research class. My professor described cultivation as the way heavy viewers of T.V see the “real world”. I began to do research on this theory and found that I could relate. I, myself, am a heavy viewer of T.V and movies. I especially enjoy watching crime drama shows. I noticed that if I would watch a show with a lot of murders or violence in it I would become uneasy at night. Cultivation shows that many heavy viewers of T.V start to believe the “real world” is how it appears on their favorite shows. For example, a person who is cultivated might think that seeing because most of the criminals on television are African-America or Latino, they should fear or stereotype them. I think it is important for people to detach from T.V and realize that it is not made for facts but it is made for entertainment.