Cultivation Analysis Differentiates Between First-Order and Second-Order Cultivation Effects

question 27

Multiple Choice

Cultivation analysis differentiates between first-order and second-order cultivation effects. Which description best describes second-order cultivation effects?

• A) Viewers' attitudes and beliefs that are formed as a result of probability judgments they make about the world.
• B) Those judgements that spring to mind first when away from the screen.
• C) Judgments about real-world violence that overwhelm other considerations.
• D) Viewers' estimates of the occurrence of some phenomenon.

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