"Mean world syndrome" nghĩa là gì?

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"Mean world syndrome" = hội chứng thế giới xấu xa -> nghĩa là xu hướng cho rằng thế giới nguy hiểm hơn thực tế do tiếp xúc quá nhiều với nội dung bạo lực trên mạng xã hội hay phương tiện truyền thông; vì vậy giới trẻ thường nói với nhau 'xem phim ít thôi' đó các bạn.

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“There is a phenomenon known as the ‘mean world syndrome‘,” she said in an email, “that the world is a much more dangerous place than it actually is.” Helfgott says that a number of factors (yếu tố) contribute to this sense of fear, including reading or watching a lot of news, or hyperlocal (siêu cục bộ) websites like Nextdoor.com, where neighbors frequently post about crime.

Trump family values are mean world values. Mean world syndrome was a concept conceived in the 1970s by the communications professor George Gerbner. His idea was that people who see relentless (tàn nhẫn) violence on television begin to perceive (nhận thức) the world as being more dangerous than it really is.

Do you believe that most people are just looking out for themselves? Do you think that you can’t be too careful in dealing with people? Are you confident that most people would take advantage of you if you gave them the chance? If you’ve answered yes to any of those questions, then you might be suffering from “Mean World Syndrome.” And your Netflix habit could be the reason.

This phenomenon of incurring (mắc) an unhealthy or unrealistic (không thực tế) world view was first observed by U.S. communications professor George Gerbner, who developed the Mean World Syndrome theory in the 1970s.

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