[ecrea] New Book: School Shootings Mediatized Violence in a Global Age

School Shootings Mediatized Violence in a Global Age



Studies in Media and Communications v. 7

Editors: Glenn W. Muschert and Johanna Sumiala

ISBN: 9781780529189



This volume explores the connection between school shootings and 
coverage in the media, while examining the presence and effects of these 
events and dynamics in contemporary life.



Chapters question the role of violent video games as a factor in mass 
school shootings and an examination of YouTube videos from rampage 
school shooters from a variety of nations. The studies in this volume 
highlight the importance of media processes for understanding and 
responding to school-related violence, and also aid our understanding of 
broader issues, such as how trauma is symbolized, how meanings are 
constructed, dynamics of collective representation, the processes of 
public mourning, and the conceptualization of mass violence.



Editors Glen Muschert and Johanna Sumiala explain, “It is the nature of 
many school shootings that they capture the public attention via media, 
and that they have become a global cultural phenomenon. Hence, school 
shootings are highly mediatized international events, and therefore this 
aspect of the phenomenon deserves close attention, which is, ostensibly, 
the focus of this volume”.



Of interest to media personnel, educators, policy makers and 
researchers, this new book offers an alternative way to approach the 
important and timely issue of mediatized violence.



Highlights Include



A Futile Game: On the Prevalence and Possible Causes of the Misguided 
Speculation about the Role of Violent Video Games as a Substantial 
Independent Causal Factor in Mass School Shootings

Christopher Ferguson and James Ivory



U.S. and Finnish Journalists: A Comparative Study of Role, 
Responsibilities, and Emotional Reactions to School Shootings

Klas Backholm, Marguerite Moritz, and Kaj Björkqvist



Media Participation of School Shooters and Their Fans: Navigating 
Between Self-Distinction and Imitation to Achieve Individuation

Nathalie Paton



School Shootings, Crises of Masculinities, and Media Spectacle: Some 
Critical Perspectives

Douglas Kellner



View the full Online Table of Contents



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