"Hey Matt! I just went for a jog in the park."

"Did you get shot?"

"No..."

"Mugged? Robbed? Attacked?"

"No. Matt, how much tv do you watch?"

"I dunno, about 2 or three hours a day. Why?"

"Well according to George Gerbner, heavy television watching causes some people to be really paranoid about the world around them. Read more about Mean World Syndrome and other effects of heavy viewing here."