13 Facts About George Gerbner

George Gerbner was a professor of communication and the founder of cultivation theory.

George Gerbner taught at Temple University, Villanova University, and the University of Pennsylvania.

Thereafter, George Gerbner hitchhiked from New Orleans to California and enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he would receive a degree in psychology and sociology.

George Gerbner received the Bronze Star for his service behind enemy lines and was honorably discharged as a First Lieutenant.

Shortly after, George Gerbner was hired to teach journalism at John Muir College, where he remained from 1948 to 1951.

George Gerbner was diagnosed with cancer in late November, 2005, and died on December 24,2005, at his apartment in Center City, Philadelphia.

George Gerbner had a total of two children and, as of 2001, five grandchildren.

George Gerbner served as editor and executive editor of the School's Journal of Communication, which was the leading publication in the field.

In 1968, George Gerbner established and headed the Cultural Indicators Project to document trends in television programming and how these changes affect viewers' perceptions of society.

George Gerbner would retire from the deanship at Annenberg in 1989 after 25 years, becoming the U of Pennsylvania's longest-serving dean.

George Gerbner continued to conduct research and teach undergraduate and graduate courses in analysis of mass media.

In 1968, George Gerbner established and headed the Cultural Indicators Project to document trends in television programming and how these changes affect viewers' perceptions of society.

George Gerbner testified before a Congressional Subcommittee on Communications in 1981, saying that:.