Multiple Choice
George Gerbner and his colleagues (1986) studied whether the media (e.g.,prime-time television programming) shape a person's conception of social reality.They found that people who watched a lot of television
A) underestimated the proportion of U.S. citizens who have high-paying jobs.
B) were less likely to exhibit the third-person effect.
C) overestimated the prevalence of criminal activity.
D) had fewer opinions about how people are employed or how often crimes occur.
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