Entry:
Jackson-Beeck, Marilyn, "Television's Power to Predict the 'Mean World' Syndrome," Paper presented to the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, November, 1979.
Abstract:
Television viewing is positively and significantly related to four mean world dimensions (anomie, alienation, interpersonal mistrust, and isolationism) even with controls for race, sex, age, income, education, residence in an urban area, community size, marital status nativity, family size and work for status.
GSS Years:1977, 1978
Other Data Sets:
SRC 1968
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| RACE |
RACE OF RESPONDENT |
| SEX |
RESPONDENTS SEX |
| XNORCSIZ |
EXPANDED N.O.R.C. SIZE CODE |
| MARITAL |
MARITAL STATUS |
| HOMPOP |
NUMBER OF PERSONS IN HOUSEHOLD |
| FAMILY16 |
LIVING WITH PARENTS WHEN 16 YRS OLD |
| GRANBORN |
HOW MANY GRANDPARENTS BORN OUTSIDE U.S. |
| PARBORN |
WERE RS PARENTS BORN IN THIS COUNTRY |
| MOBILE16 |
GEOGRAPHIC MOBILITY SINCE AGE 16 |
| WRKSTAT |
LABOR FRCE STATUS |
| AGE |
AGE OF RESPONDENT |
| EDUC |
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |
| INCOME |
TOTAL FAMILY INCOME |
| TVHOURS |
HOURS PER DAY WATCHING TV |
| RADIOHRS |
HOURS PER DAY LISTENING TO RADIO |
| NEWS |
HOW OFTEN DOES R READ NEWSPAPER |
| ALIENAT1 |
PEOPLE RUNNING COUNTRY DONT CARE |
| ALIENAT2 |
"RICH GET RICHER |
| ALIENAT3 |
WHAT YOU THINK DOESNT COUNT |
| ALIENAT4 |
YOU'RE LEFT OUT OF THINGS |
| ALIENAT5 |
POWERFUL PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU |
| ALIENAT6 |
PEOPLE IN WASH D.C. ARE OUT OF TOUCH |
| HELPFUL |
PEOPLE HELPFUL OR LOOKING OUT FOR SELVES |
| FAIR |
PEOPLE FAIR OR TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE |
| TRUST |
CAN PEOPLE BE TRUSTED |
| ANOMIA5 |
LOT OF THE AVERAGE MAN GETTING WORSE |
| ANOMIA6 |
NOT FAIR TO BRING CHILD INTO WORLD |
| ANOMIA7 |
OFFICIALS NOT INTERESTED IN AVERAGE MAN |
| USWAR |
EXPECT U.S. IN WAR WITHIN 10 YEARS |
| USINTL |
TAKE ACTIVE PART IN WORLD AFFAIRS |
| USUN |
REMAIN IN U.N. OR PULL OUT |