This thesis examines the impact of U.S. news media reports on mass shootings, focusing on how media may contribute to a contagion effect. Research reveals an increase in mass shooting incidents, with …

2022年10月1日 · Social media plays a prominent role in the spread of mass shootings. Moreover, it brought about a significant contagious effect on future similar inci…

2015年7月2日 · Data on school shootings in the US were obtained from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, who examined media reports to compile a list of 220 school shootings in the US …

Mass shootings warrant global concern with recent figures reflecting that, on average, a mass shooting in the United States will occur every 12–13 days, with school shootings occurring an average of every …

Apodaca (2013) determined that mass school shootings have gone down somewhat from the early nineties to now, but they based their conclusion on data only from the Virginia Tech

The purpose of the present research was to analyze the temporal changes of themes that emerge in social media throughout the contagion period and to assess relationships between themes that may …

In this study of mass shootings since 2000, we focus on short-term contagion, rather than imitation that can traverse years.

2018年12月3日 · I. Introduction n the United States in the past 20 years, and these violent crimes are increasing in frequency. An event where fo r or more individuals are shot now occurs every 12.5 days …

The purpose of this thesis was to examine the impact of news media reports on mass shootings in the United States, particularly focusing on how media reporting may contribute to a contagion effect that …

This is often called the media contagion effect, and it happens with suicide, terrorist attacks, and mass shootings. Other experts report that a better explanation is the tendency for people to imitate …