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Kyle Gunderson
Bonilla, Denise M. School Violence. New York: H.W. Wilson, 2000. Print
A compilation of articles discussing violence in schools. It is broken down into
four sections about causes of school violence, aftermath, violence in higher
education,
students and
family members only a few days after the shootings. The medias impact
on the
community and creating a sense of panic or unity. Also they talk about
shape the communities view on the offender and how by revealing the
Fallahi, Carolyn R., and Sally A. Lesik. "The Effects Of Vicarious Exposure To The Recent
Massacre At Virginia Tech." Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, And
Policy 1.3 (2009): 220-230. PsycARTICLES. Web. 21 Apr. 2016.
This study was a self reported study 3 weeks following the Virginia Tech
Massacre. The study involved 312 psychology students who were asked to rate
their
the
amount of TV coverage watched of the Virginia Tech Massacre and Stress levels.
They
found that stress levels increase the more hours you watch. They also found that
people
who watched 40 hours of coverage were 1.5-3 times more likely to experience
suicidal
likely then men to
thoughts then people who watched 10 hours. Also females were more
self report feelings of fear.
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Hawdon, James, Atte Oksanen, and Pekka Rsnen. Media Coverage and Solidarity after
Tragedies: The Reporting of School Shootings in Two Nations. Leiden: Brill,
2012. 845-74. EbscoHost. Web. 31 Mar. 2016.
The examination of 491 articles from both America and Finland following mass
shootings. They look at the head lines for target framing, seeing how the media
is
portraying both the victims and the offenders. They found that American
journalists are
more likely write about the victims and use local informants for their
interviews then
emotional response.
American news tended not to state the name of the shooter, while
last thing they found was how the news in both countries
Hoffner, Cynthia A., et al. "Perceived Media Influence, Mental Illness, And Responses To News
Coverage Of A Mass Shooting." Psychology Of Popular Media Culture (2015):
PsycARTICLES. Web. 21 Apr. 2016.
She identifies how news coverage of mental illnesses involved in shootings
creates a stigma for people with mental illnesses. She surveyed 198 adults 1
month after
the Virginia Tech. shooting to see how people perceive mental illnesses
previous experiences
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mental illness. She
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Kristensen, Pl, et al. "Media Exposure And Prolonged Grief: A Study Of Bereaved Parents And
Siblings After The 2011 Utya Island Terror Attack."Psychological Trauma: Theory,
Research, Practice, And Policy (2016): PsycARTICLES. Web. 21 Apr. 2016.
They studied the prolonged grief of parents and siblings caused by media
coverage after losing a family member in a tragedy. They identified a correlation
between
high levels of media exposure and high levels of prolonged grief. She found that
the
media had served as a constant reminder of the tragedy and families had to relive
the loss.
She also found that the constant reminder prevented these families from moving
onto the
She examines the dynamics of solidarity and conflict after incidents of mass
violence in Finland. If the community is shaped by the media as the victim,
solidarity is
by the media as
Jokela, since
the gunman was a member of the community, they were aloud to mourn
and solidarity
was promoted. But in Kauhajoki, because the gunman wasnt from that
community, the
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community wasnt wounded by
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victim.
Orcutt, Holly K., Lynsey R. Miron, and Antonia V. Seligowski. "Impact Of Mass Shootings On
Individual Adjustment." PTSD Research Quarterly 9.3 (2014): 1-9. Academic
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PTSD symptoms. Also, women are more likely to report symptoms of PTSD then
their
male counterparts. As a coping mechanism most people blame fate as the main
cause of
the shooting.
are
rules against interviewing children without their parents, but no clear rules
regarding
of traumatic experiences.
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Brown, Andrew. "Letting The Sun Shine on Columbine." Academic Search Complete [EBSCO].
N.p., 4 May 2004. Web. 1 May 2016.
Ortiz, Erik. "San Bernardino Shooting: Timeline of How the Rampage Unfolded." NBC News.
N.p., 3
"Timeline for San Bernardino Mass Shooting." CNNMoney. Cable News Network, 3 Dec. 2015. Web. 01
May 2016. <http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2015/12/03/san-bernardino-shootingtimeline.cnnmoney/index.html>.
Stein, M.L. "Local Paper Feels Like Outsider." Editor & Publisher 130.27 (1997): 9. Academic Search
Complete. Web. 6 May 2016.
Nagourney, Adam, Ian Lovett, and Richard Prez-pea. "San Bernardino Shooting Kills at Least
14; Two Suspects Are Dead." The New York Times. The New York Times, 02 Dec. 2015.
Web. 08 May 2016. <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/03/us/san-bernardinoshooting.html>.