Mass shootings: media, myths, and realities

Claims making and agenda setting: how myths become realities -- What is a "mass shooting"? -- A history of public mass shootings -- Mass shootings by the numbers -- The "usual suspects" as causal factors -- Mass shootings around the globe -- Preventing mass shootings -- Mass shoo...

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Authors: Schildkraut, Jaclyn (Author) ; Elsass, H. Jaymi (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, California Denver, Colorado Praeger [2016]
In:Year: 2016
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 7955
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Keywords:
Mass Murder
Firearms
Firearms and crime
Violent crimes
Murder in mass media
Violence in mass media
Massenmedien > Massenmord > Motiv
Massaker > Schusswaffe > Massenmedien > Internet
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Summary:Claims making and agenda setting: how myths become realities -- What is a "mass shooting"? -- A history of public mass shootings -- Mass shootings by the numbers -- The "usual suspects" as causal factors -- Mass shootings around the globe -- Preventing mass shootings -- Mass shootings in a mediated society -- Mass shootings today--and beyond
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:xi, 239 Seiten
ISBN:978-1-4408-3652-7