#bystandardeffect

Picture Description: This is the photo of a mask that we had to create for one of our course called ‘Mass communication’. This mask was exhibited at the Shilpakala Academy (Dhaka) as an installation art. Although our mask was simple, it was the perfect visual representation of the theme, ‘the bystander effect’. It showed a common practice of our society, the practice of not helping someone rather watching them, when they are in need.  It shows how a person who is being oppressed by another member of the society, is just being watched by other members of the society. These people, who just tend to watch others in trouble are known as the bystanders.