TY  - GEN
N2  - "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 forms a pervasive cultural environment that cultivates in heavy viewers, especially, a heightened state of insecurity, exaggerated perceptions of risk and danger, and a fear-driven propensity for hard-line 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 more generally"--Container.
AB  - "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 forms a pervasive cultural environment that cultivates in heavy viewers, especially, a heightened state of insecurity, exaggerated perceptions of risk and danger, and a fear-driven propensity for hard-line 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 more generally"--Container.
T1  - The mean world syndromemedia violence & the cultivation of fear /
DA  - c2010.
CY  - Northampton, MA :
AU  - Gerbner, George.
AU  - Morgan, Michael,
AU  - Earp, Jeremy.
AU  - Jhally, Sut.
AU  - Morris, Scott.
CN  - P96.V5
CN  - P96.V5
PB  - Media Education Foundation,
PP  - Northampton, MA :
LA  - eng
LA  - In English with optional English subtitles.
PY  - c2010.
N1  - "Based on the work of media scholar George Gerbner"--Container.
ID  - 335104
KW  - Violence in mass media.
KW  - Terrorism in mass media.
KW  - Documentary films.
SN  - 1932869387
SN  - 9781932869385
TI  - The mean world syndromemedia violence & the cultivation of fear /
ER  -