School Shootings

"Overall, the 14 chapters of this volume highlight the importance of media for framing the school-related violence issues and provide the readers with a comprehensive analysis of the mediatization of violence, and in particular to the media coverage of school shootings in the context of globalization. This volume is useful for students, scholars, teachers and anyone interested in understanding mediatized violence as a global phenomenon. The book fills a gap in violence studies by providing a new critical analysis of school shootings from different perspectives: theoretical perspective, media perspective and audiences' perspective." Biana Mitu, Assistant Lecturer, University of Bucharest. Reviewed in the International Journal of Communication and Heath, Vol. 2, 2013.

• Introduction: School Shootings as Mediatized Violence Glenn W. Muschert and Johanna Sumiala Section 1: Framing the Event: Societal and (Media) Cultural Perspectives School Shootings and Cultivation Analysis: On Confrontational Media Rhetoric and the History of Research on The Politics of Media Violence, Andy Ruddock Media Dynamics in School Shootings: A Socialization Theory Perspective, Nils Bockler, Thorsten Seeger, and Peter Sitzer 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 Media Consumption in German School Shooters, Rebecca Bondu and Herbert Scheithauer Making Headlines: A Quarter Century of the Media's Characterization of Canadian School Shootings, Stephanie Howells Section 2: Covering the Events: Perspectives of and for Journalistic Practice, Amok Visuals. Analyzing Visual Media Coverage of Amok School Shootings: A Novel Iconographic Approach, Marion G. Muller, Ognyan Seizov, and Florian Wiencek U.S. and Finnish Journalists: A Comparative Study of Role, Responsibilities, and Emotional Reactions to School Shootings, Klas Backholm, Marguerite Moritz, and Kaj Bjorkqvist  Vital Explanations or Harmful Gossip? Finnish Journalists' Reflections on Reporting the Interpretations of Two School Shootings Jari Valiverronen, Kari Koljonen, and Pentti Raittila Deciphering Rampage: Assigning Blame to Youth Offenders in News Coverage of School Shootings, Glenn W. Muschert and Leah Janssen Section 3: Witnessing and Consuming School Shooting Events Media Participation of School Shooters and Their Fans: Navigating Between Self-Distinction and Imitation to Achieve Individuation, Nathalie Paton  The Remote Is Controlled by the Monster: Issues of Mediatized Violence and School Shootings, Jacklyn Schildkraut The Mediatized Victim: School Shootings as Distant Suffering, Salli Hakala Collective Coping through Networked Narratives: YouTube Responses to the Virginia Tech Shooting, Simon Lindgren School Shootings, Crises of Masculinities, and Media Spectacle: Some Critical Perspectives, Douglas Kellner Concluding Reflections Afterword: Mediatization and School Shootings: Is Mediatization a Useful Concept for Informing Practice in Journalism? Gavin Rees Afterword: Media and School Shootings: A Sociological View, Ralph Larkin