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The mean world syndrome : media violence & the cultivation of fear / a Media Education Foundation production ; written & directed by Jeremy Earp ; produced by Scott Morris ; executive producer, Sut Jhally.
Annenberg Circulation Desk DVD P96.V5 M33 2010
Available
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Violence in mass media.
- Terrorism in mass media.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Media violence & the cultivation of fear
- Place of Publication:
- Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, [2010]
- Language Note:
- In English with optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD; region 1, NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- For years, debates have raged among scholars, politicians, and concerned parents about the effects of media violence on viewers. Too often these debates have descended into simplistic battles between those who claim that media messages directly cause violence and those who argue that activists exaggerate the impact of media exposure altogether. The Mean World Syndrome, based on the groundbreaking work of media scholar George Gerbner, urges us to think about media effects in more nuanced ways. Ranging from Hollywood movies and prime-time dramas to reality programming and the local news, the film examines how media violence feeds a fear-charged cultural environment that cultivates a heightened state of insecurity, exaggerated perceptions of risk and danger, and an appetite for hard-line and repressive political solutions to social problems. A provocative and accessible introduction to cultivation analysis, media effects research, and the subject of media influence and media violence.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- A tidal wave of violence
- It's like the fish in the water
- The mean world syndrome
- Mean people
- The fallout.
- Participant:
- Michael Morgan, George Gerbner ; George Gerbner interviewed by Sut Jhally.
- Credits:
- Edited by Andrew Killoy ; co-producers, Loretta Alper, Andrew Killoy, Jason Young ; camera, David Rabinovitz.
- Notes:
- Based on the work of George Gerbner.
- Extra features: Media as storytellers: "nothing to tell, but a lot to sell"; A mean world case study: child abductions; Further effects of the mean world syndrome: desensitization and acceleration.
- ISBN:
- 1932869387
- 9781932869385
- OCLC:
- 502273934
- Publisher Number:
- 897952001250
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