10. Heavy viewers who watch TV for four hours or more daily Light viewers who watch TV for two hours or less daily
11. He predicted that the heavy viewers would perceive the world as a more dangerous place because of the higher exposure to violent television portrayals.
16. Critics claim that Gerbner did not take into account that a person’s demographics might have an affect on how they feel about the world. Gerbner also focused on television in general instead of thought that the specific television shows might be what influences their viewer’s opinion about reality. He also never asked his audiences how they felt about day-to-day norms BEFORE they started watching television.
17. And those are just to name a few problems that academics have found with this theory.