School Shootings: Mediatized Violence in a Global Age

Author Glenn W. Muschert - Johanna Sumiala

Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited

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Author

Glenn W. Muschert - Johanna Sumiala

Publisher

Emerald Publishing Limited

Volume

2012

ISBN13

9781780529196

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eBook

Grade Level

College Freshman - College Senior

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Overview

This book analyses the global (media) cultural phenomenon of school shootings in the context of mediatization in contemporary social and cultural life. It explores shootings from different, interconnected perspectives with a focus on the theoretical aspect, the practices of mediatization and an examination of the audiences, victims and witnesses.

Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
List of Contributors.
Preface.
Introduction: School Shootings As Mediatized Violence.
Framing the Event: Societal and (Media) Cultural Perspectives.
1: School Shootings and Cultivation Analysis: On Confrontational Media Rhetoric and the History of Research on the Politics of Media Violence.
2: Media Dynamics in School Shootings: A Socialization Theory Perspective.
3: A Futile Game: On the Prevalence and Causes of Misguided Speculation about the Role of Violent Video Games in Mass School Shootings.
4: Media Consumption in German School Shooters.
5: Making Headlines: A Quarter Century of the Media's Characterization of Canadian School Shootings.
Covering the Events: Perspectives of and for Journalistic Practice.
6: Analyzing Visual Media Coverage of Amok School Shootings — A Novel Iconographic Approach.
7: U.S. and Finnish Journalists: A Comparative Study of Roles, Responsibilities, and Emotional Reactions to School Shootings.
8: Vital Explanations or Harmful Gossip? Finnish Journalists' Reflections on Reporting the Interpretations of Two School Shootings.
9: Deciphering Rampage: Assigning Blame to Youth Offenders in News Coverage of School Shootings.
Witnessing and Consuming School Shooting Events.
10: Media Participation of School Shooters and Their Fans: Navigating Between Self-Distinction and Imitation to Achieve Individuation.
11: The Remote Is Controlled by the Monster: Issues of Mediatized Violence and School Shootings.
12: The Mediatized Victim: School Shootings as Distant Suffering.
13: Collective Coping through Networked Narratives: YouTube Responses to the Virginia Tech Shooting.
14: School Shootings, Crises of Masculinities, and Media Spectacle: Some Critical Perspectives.
Concluding Reflections.
15: Afterword: Is Mediatization a Useful Concept for Informing Practice in Journalism?.
16: Afterword: Media and School Shooting
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School Shootings: Mediatized Violence in a Global Age

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