Mean World Syndrome

Mean World Syndrome

Mean World Syndrome is a phenomenon whereby the violence-related content of mass media convinces viewers that the world is more dangerous than it actually is, and prompts a desire for more protection than is warranted by any actual threat. [Gerbner, G., Gross, L., Morgan, M., Signorielli, N., & Shanahan, J. (2002). Growing up with television: Cultivation processes. In J. Bryant & D. Zillmann (Eds.), Media effects: Advances in theory and research (2nd ed., pp. 43-67). Mahwah, N J: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.] Mean World Syndrome is one of the main conclusions of cultivation theory.

ee also

*Cultivation theory
*Missing white woman syndrome

References

External links

* [http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC38/Gerbner.htm Gerbner: "Reclaiming Our Cultural Mythology: Television's global marketing strategy creates a damaging and alienated window on the world."]
* [http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/short/cultiv.html Daniel Chandler's Cultivation Theory]


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