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STUDIES IN MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS: SCHOOL SHOOTINGS

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<table><tbody><tr><td>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.</td></tr></tbody></table>

School Shootings: Mediatized Violence in a Global Age

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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&#x0027;s Characterization of Canadian School Shootings.
Covering the Events: Perspectives of and for Journalistic Practice.
6: Analyzing Visual Media Coverage of Amok School Shootings &#x2014; 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&#x0027; 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 Shootings: A Sociological View.
About the Authors.

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