User:Tikey105!/Mean world syndrome/Bibliography

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Bibliography

• Seymour, Madison S., "Crime Television Viewership and Perceived Vulnerability to Crime among College Students" (2020). Honors Theses. 742.
  • This is an article published by The University of Southern Mississippi. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of The Aquila Digital Community, therefore it should be a reliable source. It discusses a study conducted to determine the relationship between the viewing of crime dramas and perceived vulnerability.
• Wingralek, Z., Banaszek, A., Giermasiński, A., Goliszek, K., Karakuła-Juchnowicz, H., & Wróbel-Knybel, P. (2022). „Streaming trap – the occurrence of the phenomenom of binge-watching and the mean world syndrome: a narrative review”. Current Problems of Psychiatry, 23(3), 118–127.
  • This a peer-reviewed scientific journal, therefore it is a reliable source. It explains the increase in binge-watching and associated processes that may influence the development of mean world syndrome.
• Young, M. (2020). Digital Trauma: The Reality and the Mean World. Media Coverage of Black Lives Matter Protests During Covid-19 Pandemic in the USA. Zeszyty Prasoznawcze, 63(4 (244)), 123–140.
  • This a peer-reviewed scientific journal, therefore it is a reliable source. This article explains mean world syndrome. However, it specifically addresses the influence of social movements and eyewitness trauma relating to the mean world.
• Dyson, Rose (2011). "Guest Editorial". Journal of Human Security. 7 (1): 1–5. doi:10.3316/JHS0701001. ISSN 1835-3800.
  • This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal written by a media effects scholar, making it a reliable source. The journal article primarily focuses on the fact that despite countless warnings from studies on media violence, policymakers continue to ignore the dangers of the media industry.
• Russell Neuman, W.; Guggenheim, Lauren; Mo Jang, S.; Bae, Soo Young (2014-04). "The Dynamics of Public Attention: Agenda-Setting Theory Meets Big Data". Journal of Communication. 64 (2): 193–214. doi:10.1111/jcom.12088
  • This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal written by experts in the field of communications, making it a reliable source. This journal looks at media agenda-setting theory, a theory with close correlation to mean world syndrome. Agenda-setting theory is the ability of the media to influence the public's perceptions of the importance of certain topics. With this theory in mind, if the media has the power to place importance on crime and violence, then this direcly impacts mean world syndrome, which relies on the creation and spread of violent content.
• Barton, Kristin (2007). "The Mean World Effects of Reality Television: Perceptions of Antisocial Behaviors Resulting from Exposure to Competition-Based Reality Programming"
  • This is a dissertation written by a graduate student studying within the field of communications, making it a reliable source. I found this essay interesting as it suggested that mean world syndrome may not only result from exposure to violent media, but also from competition media and other stressful forms of media. Additionally, mean world syndrome may not only result in an altered perception of reality that leads to fear, but it may also result in anti-social behaviors.
• Interrogating Justice (2021). "Mean World Syndrome: Public Perception of Crime Doesn't Match Reality."
  • This article is presented by a reputable organization that educates the public on important social issues, making it a reliable source. The article mainly focus' on the perception of crime in the United States vs. actual crime and how drastic the difference is and uses this as an example of the effects of mean world syndrome.
• Ms. Saima Iqbal, Dr. Sumera Batool, Dr. Saima Kausar, Naveed Iqbal, Ms, Hina Malik (2022). "Social Media and Mean World Syndrome: Effects of Violent Facebook Posts on Women." Journal of Positive School Psychology. Vol. 6, No. 12, 407-428
  • This journal is written and published by a handful of accredited experts in the field of psychology, making it a reliable source. I found this article very interesting as it provides a real life connection to mean world syndrome and describes the effects it has on women specifically.
• Kemp, Samantha, "It's a Mean, Mean World: Social Media and Mean World Syndrome" (2023). University Honors Theses. Paper 1302
  • This is an honors thesis paper on mean world syndrome by an undergraduate in the department of Communication & Psychology, therefore, it is a reliable source. It goes into depth on Mean World Syndrome as a psychosocial phenomenon and the simple fact of it as an overall perception of the world in a “meaner” light because of viewing violence-related mass media.

Outline of proposed changes

• The page explains a lot about the history and background of mean world syndrome. There is no need to focus on adding content for this section, unless information is found along the way that we feel is relevant to include on this page  
• There is not an extensive amount of graphics on this page to help viewers associate this term with a graphic representation. There is potential to add more visuals to this page
• The layout and presentation of the page can be updated by using similar font sizes and styles.
• The topic of  “COVID-19” is an aspect that can be explained with more information gathered over the last 4 years since the pandemic. The information from the journal, “Digital Trauma: The Reality and the Mean World. Media Coverage of Black Lives Matter Protests During Covid-19 Pandemic in the USA,” can be used to include more information of this section.
• The topic that discusses the evolution of mass media can be expanded. In the journal, “Crime Television Viewership and Perceived Vulnerability to Crime among College Students,” it expresses viewing of different types of media such as crime dramas and perceived vulnerability relating to mean world syndrome. This journal explains a study relating to this topic that can be relevant to this topic.
• One of the last topics at the bottom of the page is the The Mean World Syndrome Documentary that explains “the work of Gerbner and others about the effects of violent media on people's opinions, attitudes, and beliefs.” In this section, we can include other documentaries, TED talks, or informational programs that have explained the mean world syndrome.
• We could include more about related theories such as the agenda-setting theory.
• We could include more on alternative negative influences of television and other forms of media, other than just the perception that there is more violence in the world. An example of this is anti-social behaviors caused by exposure to certain media.
• We could continue to build with more examples of it taking place in our world.