Mean world and moral panic

People have different views on how events displayed via the media effect our day to day lives. Some people may see news stories from abroad and think nothing of it because it does not directly affect their life. Others may get paranoid, if they saw a reported terrorist attack, that one day their life would be affected by a terrorist attack. The media may put on emphasis a news story to make the public think that the event is more horrific that it actually was.
People may see the news and think that all the world is a cruel place and they take action to either make the world a better place or try to defend themselves. These people would turn their back on what is happening in the world and detrach themselves of the media.
The phrase was coined by George Gerbner to describe a phenomenon whereby violence-related content of mass media makes viewers believe that the world is more dangerous that it actually is. George is a research on the effects of television on sociability.
No matter how dramatic a situation is, it just becomes yesterdays news.
The media can ‘milk’ a news story for all it’s worth however, there would be no still be no change in how people go about their day to day lives.
People can be more affected by the media than others, this can be related to people's social bubbles. They surround themselves with things that they agree with. So this may make them less passive to the world around them. Their social choices influence how they act and behave. Some people, regardless of their own opinions, decide to copy what their friends do because they fall more included.They fear that if they go against the crowd, they would be socially isolated. What they do not realise is that everyone has something that makes them different, but it is through people's similarities that make everyone connected.