MEAN WORLD SYNDROME POST #8

We watched a video in class about that the scholar George Gerbner explains the term Mean World Syndrome. We had to choose three topics that he talked about and explain them. The first one I picked is the fall out. He explains this as what makes people have higher crime punishments to make fear from the people go away. In other words being more harsh like police or the courts with someone who commits a crime will make them stop by putting fear in them to not want to do it and face the consequence. The second term I picked that George explains is the Mean People term. He explains this as being how different ethnic groups are displayed on television or in movies, to be more violent or more dangerous and it puts fear in others eyes. The last term I want to talk about is the term Mean World Syndrome its self. He explains this as people seeing bad things happening to people on television or movies and intern makes people walk around on edge and in fear of being victimized.