the underlying process is one of acculturation meaning that people gradually come to accept the view of the world as portrayed on television (in particular) as a true represent of reality and adept their hopes, fears and understandings accordingly. the main method of cultivation analysis is to chart the dominant television view of reality in fiction and news and compare this with the views expressed by audience members according to their degree of habitual exposure. the hypothesis is that the more people view television the more their ideas correspond with the television view