If you are a consistent viewer of your local evening news and every evening the news features a special report on violent crime, which theory of media effects suggests that you might become disproportionately concerned about crime and violence as a result?
a. cultivation theory
b. agenda setting theory
c. media bias theory
d. social learning theory
e. minimal effects theory
ANS: A
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