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The Mean World Syndrome: media violence & the cultivation of fear

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Abstract
For years, debates have raged among scholars, politicians, and concerned parents about the effects of media violence on viewers. Too often these debates have fallen into simplistic battles between those who claim that media images directly cause violence and those who argue that activists exaggerate the impact of media exposure. Based on interviews conducted with George Gerbner before his death in 2005, the film urges us to think about media effects in more nuanced ways. In contrast to behaviorist models that see media violence as causing real-world violence, and limited effects models that question the impact of media altogether, Gerbner encourages us to move outside the frame of this debate to consider how the repetitive stories media tell constitute a pervasive cultural environment - a landscape of ritualized, often violent images that have the power to cultivate how we see and understand the world. An accessible and provocative introduction to Gerbner's thought and the subject of media influence and media violence.
Collection
Media Education Foundation Collection
Subject
Violence in mass media, Terrorism in mass media, Media education, Communication
Contributors
Earp, Jeremy (Author of screenplay, etc.), Earp, Jeremy (Director), Morris, Scott (Producer), Killoy, Andrew (Film editor), Jhally, Sut (Executive producer), Gerbner, George (Interviewee), Rabinovitz, David (Cinematographer), Alper, Loretta (Researcher), Morris, Scott (Researcher), Morgan, Michael (Interviewee), Media Education Foundation (Distributor), Media Education Foundation (Producer)
Duration
00:51:28 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Target or Intended Audience
Grade 9, Higher education
Copyright Holder
Name Media Education Foundation
RoleDistributor
Telephone413-584-8500
Address60 Masonic St., Northampton, MA 01060
Email[email protected]
Copyright Holder
Name Media Education Foundation
RoleProducer
Telephone413-584-8500
Address60 Masonic St., Northampton, MA 01060
Email[email protected]
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