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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Second-order cultivation effects refer to the attitudes and beliefs that viewers form based on the probability judgments they make about the world, influenced by media exposure.

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