Media Dynamics in School Shootings: A Socialization Theory Perspective

Böckler, Nils; Seeger, Thorsten; Sitzer, Peter

doi:10.1108/s2050-2060(2012)0000007006

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“…Meanwhile, the rise of workplace diversification (Herrin, 2009) and the temporary worker (Boyce, Ryan, Imus, & Morgeson, 2007) have challenged organizational solidarity. White workers are less connected with each other and more likely working with, and at times under, diverse “Others.” Moreover, the ethno-politicized expanse of digital media has ignited racialized and nationalist sentiments, while providing the opportunity for social contagion (Böckler, Seeger, & Sitzer, 2012; Towers, Gomez-Lievano, Khan, Mubayi, & Castillo-Chavez, 2015). Disgruntled individuals, especially those from White working-class backgrounds, are often emboldened by conservative media depictions of “big government” trampling over their second amendment rights, while it coddles unworthy minorities and sends jobs over the border or overseas.…”

Section: Problems Addressing Active Shooter Events In a Free Societymentioning

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Predicting Active Shooter Events: Are Regional Homogeneity, Intolerance, Dull Lives, and More Guns Enough Deterrence?

Duque

Leblanc²,

Rivera³

2018

Crime & Delinquency

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Based upon a secondary analysis of 2016 General Social Survey (GSS) data, this study identifies regional “Heterogeneity”, “Tolerance”, “Life is Exciting”, “Lack of Confidence in Institutions” and “Gun Ownership” effects related to the frequency of Active Shooter events, which occured in the United States between 2000 to 2016. For Education Active Shooters, regional homogeneity is related to more tragic events as is less gun ownership per capita. For Workplace Active Shooters, more gun ownership per capita is associated with more events as is regional diversity and tolerance. The findings support calls for arming schools in white, affluent neighborhoods as well as more aggressively profiling, arresting and convicting potential White perpetrators in order to reduce the risk of Education Active Shooters. Meanwhile, stronger gun control measures in diverse and tolerant regions might reduce the incidents of Workplace Active Shooter events. The findings also suggest that organizations should acquire digital “Human Analytics” platforms and programs that integrate internal member profiles, conflict incident reports and culture climate data along with relevant regional and national data like that analyzed in this paper to help alert them to their dynamic Active Shooter risk. Also, re-evaluating diversity training seminars and courses, which often cast teen and middle-aged, White males as historical “villains”, might help address the chronic strain this population experiences at school and at work. Finally, re-evaluating how disassociated White males are treated, as well as expelled/fired from school or work, might also help defuse the “popcorn effect”associated with these tragic events.

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Section: Problems Addressing Active Shooter Events In a Free Societymentioning

confidence: 99%

Predicting Active Shooter Events: Are Regional Homogeneity, Intolerance, Dull Lives, and More Guns Enough Deterrence?

Duque

Leblanc²,

Rivera³

2018

Crime & Delinquency

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“…This example of the performative nature of the shootings is not to suggest any simple correlation between film violence and school rampages. After all, on the one hand studies have found vast contradictions in the research on violent media and aggression (Böckler, Seeger & Sitzer 2012;Eitzen 2014), and there are significant problems involved in attributing this extreme phenomenon to the simplistic and outdated Frankfurt School transmission model of communication. Nevertheless, in terms of the numbers of people killed per annum from gun violence school rampages are still incredibly rare occurrences (Muschert & Ragnedda 2010).…”

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‘Dude, get a shot of this’: The performance of violence in the school shooting film Excursion

Bender

Broderick

2016

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One of the persistent aspects of the media and general public response to campus shooting tragedies is an obsessive fascination with the motives of the killers. Our short drama Excursion attempts to intervene in this interest in the perpetrators of school shootings by displacing the emphasis from the killers to the victims and survivors. A central technique to achieve this was the profilmic performance of the actors portraying the killers: two characters who were designed as ciphers from the initial scripting stage and throughout rehearsal and filming. Where these acts of mass violence in real life can be regarded as performative in nature (Muschert & Ragnedda 2010) it is significant to consider the performance techniques employed by the actors themselves. In this article, we discuss the rehearsal and performance choices of the actors as well as the commentary by actors portraying victims and survivors of the shooting. In particular, we discuss our empirical research into the audience reaction to the two alternate endings which emphasize the performance of violence in different ways.

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Losing the Reality-Test: Fiktionalität und narrative Erklärungsstrategien für school shootings in Matt Johnsons The Dirties

Braselmann

2017

Vermittlungskulturen Des Amoklaufs

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Media Dynamics in School Shootings: A Socialization Theory Perspective

Cited by 4 publications

References 30 publications

Predicting Active Shooter Events: Are Regional Homogeneity, Intolerance, Dull Lives, and More Guns Enough Deterrence?

Predicting Active Shooter Events: Are Regional Homogeneity, Intolerance, Dull Lives, and More Guns Enough Deterrence?

‘Dude, get a shot of this’: The performance of violence in the school shooting film Excursion

Losing the Reality-Test: Fiktionalität und narrative Erklärungsstrategien für school shootings in Matt Johnsons The Dirties

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