Blog Post #7 Cultivation Theory

In class we talked about George Gerbner's idea called Cultivation Theory. In which it tries to explain how tv affects us in the real world. And an example of this that we saw in class was John Oliver's video that talked about the actually effectiveness of torture and then the amount of Americans who liked the idea and agreed. Even though, it has been shown to not be effective. When I hear this, an example I tend to think of is, how firearms are portrayed in movies and tv shows. I have been around firearms my whole life, and I have also taken firearm safety classes as well. Because I do know so much about firearms,  it has always been a pet peeve of mine when I see actors shooting handguns one handed, then you get people who haven't ever shot a gun believing that, that is how you do it. Which in turn can also lead to accidents and maybe even fatal accidents, which also adds to a false perceptions of firearms.
I do agree with cultivation theory, that the more we see such behaviors on tv we become accustomed to it. I am not particularly saying that because we see violence on tv, we become violent, but we believe in such behaviors or processes that may not be correct.