PHILOSOPHER

George Gerbner

1919 - 2005

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George Gerbner (August 8, 1919 – December 24, 2005) was a professor of communication and the founder of cultivation theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Gerbner has received more than 192,051 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. George Gerbner is the 1,126th most popular philosopher (down from 943rd in 2019), the 517th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 347th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Hungarian Philosopher.

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  • 190k

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  • 55.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, George Gerbner ranks 1,126 out of 1,267. Before him are Walter Burley, Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Michał Heller, Max Bense, Cornel West, and Ion Dragoumis. After him are André Comte-Sponville, Gary L. Francione, Phan Thanh Giản, Hicetas, Martin Chemnitz, and Nancy Cartwright.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, George Gerbner ranks 247. Before him are Isaak Khalatnikov, Olena Apanovych, Joe Hunt, Asbjørn Ruud, Richard Todd, and Finn Helgesen. After him are Michel Déon, Grisha Filipov, Milan Horvat, Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Ezio Loik, and Wu Wenjun. Among people deceased in 2005, George Gerbner ranks 232. Before him are Maurice Lafont, Colette Besson, Eugenia Charles, Giuseppe Caprio, Vladimir Toporov, and Natalya Meklin. After him are Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas, Shirley Chisholm, Klara Luchko, Brock Peters, Ivan Kolev, and César Lattes.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, George Gerbner ranks 517 out of 1,077. Before him are Ede Király (1926), Kálmán Kandó (1869), Ferenc Szojka (1931), István Balogh (1912), Victor Basch (1863), and Imre Komora (1940). After him are Lajos Werkner (1883), Gedeon Barcza (1911), József Háda (1911), Vilmos Kohut (1906), József Csatári (1943), and László Lékai (1910).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Hungary

Among philosophers born in Hungary, George Gerbner ranks 7. Before him are Rudolf Steiner (1861), György Lukács (1885), Imre Lakatos (1922), Ágnes Heller (1929), Ervin László (1932), and Victor Basch (1863). After him are István Mészáros (1930), Thomas Sebeok (1920), and Stanley Jaki (1924).

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