Cultivation

The concept of Cultivation helps me to understand the impact and meaning from the this media clip (2004 Film: Man on Fire) because it shows the shear terror of kidnapping, and as a kid you are more likely to feel endangered and less safe if you watch media that displays the kinds of actions that embrace danger. The definition of Cultivation Theory is mass media exposure cultivates a view of the world that is consistent with the mediated "reality" (Straubhaar 417). I believe this theory to be true because I remember being a child and not having a sense of fear but the fear of god when I was alone after watching this movie. I stated above the definition of cultivation but in my words it means if you are one who is heavily dependent on mass media you are most likely to live in a deceptive state of mind and almost have a feeling you live in the movies. You believe your world and the media world are one. The worst part of the process is when your fears of the media ( kidnapping, robbery, murder) are real life experiences because it intensifies the process of cultivation, ten fold. For example: if you are a young child and are scared of kid napping and you hear a horror story of a kid being abducted you will become a believer of kidnapping being common in society, when it in essences it is just a coincidence. Here is the clip of the film it is pretty easily to see the underlying definition of Cultivation of in the clip. Enjoy!

Man on Fire