Bystander may refer to:
In media
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''Bystander'' (novel), a 1930 novel by
Maxim Gorki
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and sociali ...
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''Bystander'' (magazine), was a British weekly tabloid magazine
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Guilty Bystander
''Guilty Bystander'' is a 1950 American crime drama directed by Joseph Lerner, and starring Zachary Scott and Faye Emerson. The film was shot on location entirely in New York City. It also marked the last motion picture screen appearances for ch ...
'', a 1950 independent film production
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''Innocent Bystanders'' (film), a 1972 film directed by Peter Collinson
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Iowa Bystander'', an Iowa newspaper targeted toward an African-American audience
In music
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The Bystanders, a Welsh close harmony pop group, formed in 1962
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''Bystander'' (album), a 2011 six track extended play by Canadian alternative rock band Jets Overhead
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Innocent Bystanders, were a Perth-based band formed in 1983
Other meanings
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Bystander effect
The bystander effect, or bystander apathy, is a social psychological theory that states that individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when there are other people present. First proposed in 1964, much research, mostly in the lab, has ...
, a social psychological phenomenon wherein individuals do not offer help in an emergency when other people are present
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Bystander effect (radiobiology)
The radiation-induced bystander effect (bystander effect) is the phenomenon in which unirradiated cells exhibit irradiated effects as a result of signals received from nearby irradiated cells. In November 1992, Hatsumi Nagasawa and John B. Little f ...
, the phenomenon in which unirradiated cells exhibit irradiated effects as a result of signals received from nearby irradiated cells
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Bystander Nunatak, a geographical feature in Antarctica
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Perpetrators, victims, and bystanders
In Holocaust and genocide studies, perpetrators, victims, and bystanders is a typology for classifying the participants and observers of a genocide, first proposed by Raul Hilberg in the 1992 book '' Perpetrators Victims Bystanders: Jewish Catas ...
, a typology in genocide studies
See also
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Innocent bystander (disambiguation)
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Rubbernecking
Rubbernecking is a derogatory term primarily used to refer to bystanders staring at accidents. More generally, it can refer to anyone staring at something of everyday interest compulsively (especially tourists). The term ''rubbernecking'' derive ...
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Witness
In law, a witness is someone who has knowledge about a matter, whether they have sensed it or are testifying on another witnesses' behalf. In law a witness is someone who, either voluntarily or under compulsion, provides testimonial evidence, e ...
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