Heavy Television Viewers Are More Likely to Have Beliefs That

Heavy television viewers are more likely to have beliefs that reflect the worldview portrayed by television, which is not equivalent to reality. In television entertainment programming, 77% of major characters that commit crimes perpetrate acts of violence, compared to roughly 10% of actually reported crimes. This is an example of __________.

A) agenda setting
B) cultivation theory
C) supporting dominant social systems
D) uses and gratification theory
E) standpoint theory