Yes there is clear harm: every detailed profile, every story focusing on how exactly it unfolded in deep detail: seeds of ideation for next.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted suldrew
Yep. The excessive "worst ever" coverage is a negative feedback loop: setting the number target for the next one.https://twitter.com/suldrew/status/914910921532751874 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Kamala Harris is Badass
Journos go to Vegas, reporting from the killer's vantage point, tracing the steps. How is that informing us more?https://twitter.com/MHLefaucheux/status/914991207444598784 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci
Tried to avoid the worst, yet I saw the same panic footage so many times. Killer's face everywhere. So discouraging.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/914821278833545216 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Pinboard
Yep. I don't think that's of public interest but acts as how-to manuals & inspiration for the next deranged person.https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/915086843061948416 …
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No shortage of very important stuff to be reported on or of human interest stories. Killer + technical method obsession fuels this cycle.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Gerry Doyle
That's a sentence! CDC has guidelines on avoiding method details on suicide exactly for this reason: inspires more.https://twitter.com/mgerrydoyle/status/915176787344113664 …
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"Attack was particularly deadly as the murderer had stockpile of weapons incl. automatics". Done. Don't pub long weapon/method porn/how-to.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted SupersetGreg
One thing to be known by sane, well-read people, different if part of sensational shooting coverage. We know this.https://twitter.com/supersetgreg/status/915178580455284737 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Annabelle Robertson
Yes. Mass shootings are similar to suicides in contagion effects. WE KNOW HOW TO REPORT TO DAMPEN EFFECT.https://twitter.com/Annabelle4SC/status/915179416598302721 …
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Is there actually literature on the topic? I'm legit curious.
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