George Gerbner

The price we pay for focusing so much of our attention on terrible possibilities is what University of Pennsylvania researcher George Gerbner calls the “mean world syndrome.”

The Blessing of a B Minus Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2010

The late Communications Professor George Gerbner (1919 - 2005) once said "they have everything to sell and nothing to tell."

Reviewing Project Censored's Latest Top 25 Censored Stories 2009

A pioneering study on "Animal Issues in the Media" done over a decade ago by George Gerbner, one of the most revered figures in the field of media studies, found that television tends to present a skewed picture of animals (and their supporters) in the following manner:

Vamsee Juluri: Use Free Speech to Celebrate Animal Life, Not to Enjoy Their Suffering 2009

The late Communications Professor George Gerbner (1919 - 2005) once said "they have everything to sell and nothing to tell."

Printing: Reviewing Project Censored's Latest Top 25 Censored Stories 2009

George Gerbner, journalist and professor of communications, observed that the people who tell the stories are the ones who have the greatest influence on how we live and how our children will grow up.

Rewriting our Stories 2009

He said he knew why it's called a medium - "because it's neither rare nor well done," and noted media critic George Gerbner harshly critized the dangers of media concentration in the hands of corporate giants and the adverse effects of its programming.

The Spirit of Tom Paine 2007

He said he knew why it's called a medium - "because it's neither rare nor well done," and noted media critic George Gerbner harshly critized the dangers of media concentration in the hands of corporate giants and the adverse effects of its programming.

The Spirit of Tom Paine 2007

Former Dean of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School of Communications, George Gerbner, explained how it works: "Fearful people are more dependent, more easily manipulated and controlled, more susceptible to deceptively simple, strong, tough measures and hard-line postures .... they may accept and even welcome repression if it promises to relieve their insecurities" and anxieties.

Reviewing Linda McQuaig's "It's the Crude, Dude" 2007

Former Dean of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School of Communications, George Gerbner, explained how it works: "Fearful people are more dependent, more easily manipulated and controlled, more susceptible to deceptively simple, strong, tough measures and hard-line postures .... they may accept and even welcome repression if it promises to relieve their insecurities" and anxieties.

Reviewing Linda McQuaig's "It's the Crude, Dude" 2007

I came across this quote in a recent obituary for George Gerbner, who headed the Annenberg School for Communication for 25 years: 'Fearful people are more dependent, more easily manipulated and controlled, more susceptible to deceptively simple, strong, tough measures and hard-line postures. …

OpEdNews - Quicklink: So far, no good by Molly Ivins 2006