George Gerbner was a communication theorist, the founder of cultivation theory, and a poet. Born in Budapest, Hungary, he immigrated to America in late 1939. Gerbner earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley in 1942. He worked briefly for the San Francisco Chronicle as a writer, columnist and assistant financial editor. He joined the US Army in 1943. Wikipedia
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