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The mean world syndrome : media violence & the cultivation of fear / written & directed by Jeremy Earp ; produced by Scott Morris.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terrorism in mass media.
- Violence in mass media.
- Risk perception.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (51 minutes)) : sound, color and black and white
- Contained In:
- Media Education Foundation Collection
- Other Title:
- Media violence & the cultivation of fear
- Media violence and the cultivation of fear
- Place of Publication:
- [Northampton, Mass.] : Media Education Foundation, 2010.
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- digital
- video file MPEG-4 Flash
- 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 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.
- Contents:
- 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:
- Executive producer, Sut Jhally ; edited by Andrew Killoy ; camera, David Rabinovitz ; co-producers, Loretta Alper, Andrew Killoy, Jason Young.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on April 11, 2023).
- OCLC:
- 897765616
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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