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This study qualifies as scholarly cum empirical effort to evaluate the relevance of George Garbner’s Cultivation theory in this digital age, using students of Federal Polytechnic as reference point. Marshall McLuhan’s Global Village theory was used to provide the theoretical frame for the study. Four research objectives underscored the study just as four research questions derived from the research objectives. A sample size of 331 was derived from a target population of 2400 using Krejcie and Morgan sample determination table. Out of the total number of 331 questionnaire distributed, a total of 326 were returned. The questionnaire was designed on five-point Likert scale Simple mean was used and 3.0 was used as the average mean score. 16 statements were made in line with the research questions and were analyzed using the 3.0 mean score. The research found out that the cultivation theory is much more relevant in this digital age. This gains support from the truism that people expose themselves to televised contents through the New Information and Communication Technologies NICTs hence perceive them as reality and align their behaviours with such televised contents. The study therefore concludes that the cultivation theory is still and much more relevant in this digital age of the social media. The study therefore recommends that television stations should relay their programs on their online platforms since people now access contents via the NICTs.