Entry:
Gerbner, George; Gross, Larry; Morgan, Michael; and Signorielli, Nancy, "A Curious Journey into the Scary World of Paul Hirsch," Communication Research, 8 (January, 1981), 39-72.
Abstract:
The authors respond to the criticisms by Hirsch of their Cultivation Analysis Theory suggesting that his re-analysis of "selected data" negatively alters cumulative results. They dismiss his re-analysis as "flawed, incomplete and tendentious." (See also Nos. 955, 958, 961, 1395-1398, 1469)
GSS Years:1975, 1977, 1978
Other Data Sets:
ORC 1979
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| FEAR |
AFRAID TO WALK AT NIGHT IN NEIGHBORHOOD |
| INCOME |
TOTAL FAMILY INCOME |
| TVHOURS |
HOURS PER DAY WATCHING TV |
| EDUC |
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |
| TRUST |
CAN PEOPLE BE TRUSTED |
| ALIENAT1 |
PEOPLE RUNNING COUNTRY DONT CARE |
| ALIENAT2 |
"RICH GET RICHER |
| ALIENAT3 |
WHAT YOU THINK DOESNT COUNT |
| ALIENAT4 |
YOU'RE LEFT OUT OF THINGS |
| ALIENAT5 |
POWERFUL PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU |
| ALIENAT6 |
PEOPLE IN WASH D.C. ARE OUT OF TOUCH |
| FAIR |
PEOPLE FAIR OR TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE |
| HELPFUL |
PEOPLE HELPFUL OR LOOKING OUT FOR SELVES |
| SUICIDE1 |
SUICIDE IF INCURABLE DISEASE |
| SUICIDE2 |
SUICIDE IF BANKRUPT |
| SUICIDE3 |
SUICIDE IF DISHONORED FAMILY |
| SUICIDE4 |
SUICIDE IF TIRED OF LIVING |
| ANOMIA5 |
LOT OF THE AVERAGE MAN GETTING WORSE |
| ANOMIA6 |
NOT FAIR TO BRING CHILD INTO WORLD |
| ANOMIA7 |
OFFICIALS NOT INTERESTED IN AVERAGE MAN |
| HITOK |
EVER APPROVE OF MAN PUNCHING ADULT MALE |
| RACE |
RACE OF RESPONDENT |
| AGE |
AGE OF RESPONDENT |
| SEX |
RESPONDENTS SEX |