Mean World Syndrome

    The Mean World Syndrome was an idea proposed by George Gerbner. Basically, he said that the media that we are exposed to is extremely violent such as in TV shows and movies. This violence in the media makes us think that the world is way more dangerous than it actually is. Violence is so popular around the world because it is easy to understand in many cultures and, well its entertaining. If there is s fight going on on-screen it is pretty easy to tell what is going on no matter what language it is in.
    Having so much violence on television can change the way we think when it comes to racial minorities. For example, many Latinos are depicted as being violent and dangerous and are rarely given roles that have them in a nice family setting. Another example is of Arabs or Muslims. They are almost exclusively on television to be portrayed as terrorists and nothing else. This is not a good thing to be portraying because most of the time these groups aren't like this in real life. We dehumanize these groups of people and many Americans think these things to be true and they will treat people in real life as they are depicted in television as terrorists and violent people.