Media: the next potential mass shooter is watching the current media coverage intently. Right now. Your coverage is a factor in this crisis.
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Example of step-by-step story that creates an illusion of knowledge & news—but we know from suicide research helps inspire the next one.pic.twitter.com/pvDTDTZUv0
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Is there true news value to detailed profile of one more shooter beyond the two sentence summary? From step-by-step playback of mass murder?
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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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Oh, the CDC's not that shy about showing suicide methods. For example:pic.twitter.com/X0d3d6vBAS
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