Bystander
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A bystander is a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator.[1]
- Bystander effect, a social psychological phenomenon wherein individuals do not offer help in an emergency situation when other people are present
- Bystanders of scientific misconduct
In media
- Bystander (magazine), was a British weekly tabloid magazine
- Guilty Bystander, a 1950 independent film production
- Innocent Bystanders (film), a 1972 film directed by Peter Collinson
- Iowa Bystander, an Iowa newspaper targeted toward an African-American audience
In music
- Bystander (album), a 2011 six track extended play by Canadian alternative rock band Jets Overhead
- Innocent Bystanders, were a Perth based band formed in 1983
Other meanings
- Bystander effect (radiobiology), the phenomenon in which unirradiated cells exhibit irradiated effects as a result of signals received from nearby irradiated cells
- Bystander Nunatak, a geographical feature in Antarctica
See also
- Witness
- Innocent bystander (disambiguation)