COMM 004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Cultivation Theory, Ingroups And Outgroups, Premarital Sex

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Communication (COMM)
• Course: COMM 004
• Professor: Johnson

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(media involves interpersonal factors or groups. ) The viewpoints of significant other also matter. If your parents & family strongly believe in minority view, in the train, it can moderate the public opinion. Train test: long train ride will you be willing to disagree on controversial. Went on the ferry: seattle: race from hiring and public education. Remove race in factor of who gets in to a college. Fear of isolation matters (less likely to speak out if feared) Education how much does this matter to me? (ex. I know the facts what will do to the economy) Friends and family support ingroup was on your side, raises confidence in speaking. Or, will you always engage in controversial issues. People willing to pay a price for their assertiveness and go against dominant. Your quasi-statistical sense may be subject to incorrect information. They think the world support their view but they actually don"t. Fluctuate over time (esp. with value-based issues)