The Mean World Syndrome - Media As Storytellers (Extra Feature)

[jjMANGAnotMe]

excellent video! can i use some this clips here on a video documentary for our class project? it is about how the advancement in technology affected reading skills. . .

[ChallengingMedia]

@jjMANGAnotMe Sure! Thanks for asking. As long as your project is for educational use only (which it sounds like it is), you may use clips from "The Mean World Syndrome. Please credit The Media Education Foundation. Thanks, and best of luck with your project.

[MurderMan11]

How does the internet effect this corporation media control idea then? I can essentially bypass all advertising if I want with software like ad block and the pirating of media.

[maplespak]

"CORPORATIONS DECIDE WHAT FILLS THE PUBLIC AIRWAVES", it says in this video.

[lauramoz89]

Hey I took your video and made one, hope u don't mind, It's just fot people in my class, to learn about GEORGE GERBNER.. I want to upload this video in my channel, but if u don't want to... I won't ok? Thank u!!! GREAT VIDEO!

[ChallengingMedia]

@lauramoz89 I'm so glad that you like this clip from our video "The Mean World Syndrome." What would work best is to add this video to a playlist on your channel (just click "add to" and then "playlist" -- this way, it will still link back to our channel). Please don't re-upload the clip under your username. Thanks for checking in and asking for permission!

[lauramoz89]

hey people, can somebody tell me if there's this video translated to spanish??? 

[ChallengingMedia]

@lauramoz89 I'm sorry, but this particularly film is not in Spanish, but has the option of English subtitles.

[MrMirrorJr]

1 year and just 7.000 views? fucking brainwashed animals..

[JamesB609]

Great video. RIP George Gerbner, developer of Cultivation Theory.

[1stcopahittheground]

This is a great video. Keep us scaed as hell, and make go shop.

[paradais2]

thanks for this video. It has a simple yet critical message. it's good to be reminded all is not what it seems, especially when there's money to be made. It's also a sad indictment on society that it seems to be driven by a love of violence? Why? No sane person likes to be on the receiving end of it surely?

[doNOTvoteCAMPAIGN]

Thank you for thie very valuable video, friend. Thank you so much. LOve. Smith

[econous]

The printing press and the industrial revolution made the spread of literacy a virtual necessity? A necessity rather than a possibility? No new post-modern shit please. I have a field of corn to reap and it rots as soon as it hits the ground but won't stop growing.

[SauronsEye]

When you look at what this bloke is saying, it's lets return to the time when we did not have mass communication. Yeah, that's where I want to go, back to the bad old days.

A useless video. Offers nothing. Complains but does not offer a realistic alternative.

[befranklintoo]

this is the normal studies of media history.

[blackiron60]

Excellent video, and it drives home the message that what we need in modern culture, now more than ever, is a better story. Economic and political change are only possible when they are motivated by a cultural narrative demanding change and envisioning a new future.

[ronmamita]

@blackiron60 Very well said.

The Corporate story is misleading civilization...

Again, thank you Challengingmedia for sharing informative videos.

LOVE & Peace

(GLOBALLY)

[doNOTvoteCAMPAIGN]

@blackiron60 you're right. We've forgotten how to use our imagination - which lies dormant, waiting for us to rediscover its power to change. We've been increasingly limited and strapped in. Let's release our glory, together. Everything is possible. Peace. Smith

[MarkoKraguljac]

Brilliant and to the point.

It should be expanded with discussion on brands and advertising tyranny as means for concealing product sameness. Vance Packard comes to my mind. Anyone knowing about anything along those lines, feel free to send me a message. Thanks

[rollsthepaul]

I watched a commercial lately that said "Money, it cures all problems". How much longer, does our world have to exist?

[paradais2]

@rollsthepaul I would say this to that commercial..... "When we've used up all the resources we have at our disposal in the world, i.e. we can no longer grow food since we've overworked & poisoned the soils or put buildings on fertile soils, &/or we've used up or poisoned the water, &/or we've drowned from global warming, &/or we have no energy sources left to produce, research, process, pack, distribute, advertise, buy & sell food & other products to get money to buy food, try eating money!"

[MadSmokerBBQ]

Great video.

I'm telling some stories to some eager listeners.

[flotron9]

Brilliant video! Can I use this on my public access show?

[ChallengingMedia]

@flotron9 Thanks so much! If you'd like to air "The Mean World Syndrome" in full on your public access station, please contact us via phone to purchase a copy. 1-800-897-0089. If you'd simply like to use this clip in your public access show, you may do so, but please follow it with a screen that reads, “Permission to air this clip was generously given by the Media Education Foundation (MEF). To order this video or to learn more about MEF, visit mediaed (dot) org." Thanks!