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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 May 2017
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      It's very difficult to stop people willing to die while killing—from school shootings to this—and as long as media cooperates, it escalates.

      3 replies 62 retweets 154 likes
    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 May 2017
      Replying to @zeynep

      Targeting children is part of this escalation cycle (like Sandy Hook). Terrorism and mass shootings are horrible, though very very rare.

      3 replies 50 retweets 134 likes
    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 May 2017
      Replying to @zeynep

      The ask isn't "don't cover the news." It's stop covering it as a media spectacle directed by the killers. Do it on *our* terms. Humane ones.

      6 replies 338 retweets 660 likes
    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 May 2017
      Replying to @zeynep

      Look, I am just as horrified by such news as anyone else. My visceral reaction is no different, despite all my statistical leanings.

      1 reply 25 retweets 117 likes
    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 May 2017
      Replying to @zeynep

      But it's 2017. We know how this goes. There are ways to cover this better—to modulate our response without shifting our anger or compassion.

      2 replies 45 retweets 177 likes
    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 May 2017
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      Don't say it can't be done. There were cycles of suicide contagion via media. CDC developed guidelines, media went along, dampened cycle.

      2 replies 43 retweets 180 likes
    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 May 2017
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      Copycats and escalation via exposure is real. ISIS & wannabes are *obsessed* with media spectacle. Stop going along. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/opinion/the-virginia-shooter-wanted-fame-lets-not-give-it-to-him.html …pic.twitter.com/k2hA72JIt2

      3 replies 168 retweets 245 likes
    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 May 2017
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      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Tara #FBPE #Rejoin

      Don't. They are watching that counter. They are watching BBC, MSNBC, CNN and the rest. So far, it's great for them.https://twitter.com/LJR1626/status/866994145314865152 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Tara #FBPE #Rejoin @LJR1626
      Replying to @zeynep
      Please ask ppl not to RT the claim by IS. I personally refuse to help them by re-tweeting http://it.You  have many followers.
      1 reply 47 retweets 132 likes
    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 May 2017
      Replying to @zeynep

      aaaaargh

      1 reply 2 retweets 34 likes
    10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 May 2017
      Replying to @zeynep

      They're killing children to get this type of coverage. Research supports it—but also plain as day. At a loss at depravity of rating chasing.

      6 replies 54 retweets 149 likes
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 May 2017

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Shunryu Garvey

      That is exactly how it feels. Not sure what it will take.https://twitter.com/colinkgarvey/status/866996184531050497 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Shunryu Garvey @ShunryuGarvey
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      I fear that begging the media not to do this is "screaming at the rain," as my orthodox friends say -- structural incentives reward gore
      5:41 AM - 23 May 2017
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      6 replies 8 retweets 86 likes
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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 May 2017
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          zeynep tufekci Retweeted ☭☭S O C I A L I S M O!☭☭

          Exposing hidden wrongdoing by authorities argues for showing uncomfortable pics. Even there, should be with care.https://twitter.com/J_K_Smothers/status/866997458085261312 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          ☭☭S O C I A L I S M O!☭☭ @J_K_Smothers
          Replying to @zeynep
          Playing gory pictures on a loop is sensationalistic but unavoidable. Abu Ghraib photos seemed on a loop, 2, but it's news.
          1 reply 7 retweets 67 likes
        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 May 2017
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          zeynep tufekci Retweeted marjorie, not that marjorie

          On loop. BBC to CNN. No news value to the panic loop the 832nd time. None. Putting terrorists in the producer seat.https://twitter.com/mae6489/status/866998792775753728 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          marjorie, not that marjorie @mae6489
          Replying to @zeynep
          I turned it off because they showed the same stream of panic.
          4 replies 48 retweets 140 likes
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        1. Sally Hinchcliffe‏ @sallyhinch 23 May 2017
          Replying to @zeynep

          Media now seem to cover suicide much more responsibly (at least in the UK). Maybe a similar approach could work here?

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        1. Shunryu Garvey‏ @ShunryuGarvey 23 May 2017
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          Yeah it's a good question how the mass American public can regain its lost propriety. "Common decency" no longer common enough

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        1. Mr Benn‏ @_SpecialBL 23 May 2017
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          @BBCBreaking, rolling 24 hr news and clickbait driving traffic/ad revenues are all partly to blame for this

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        1. Ian Clarke‏ @ianpatrickclar1 24 May 2017
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          Anecdotally i think islamic terror fatigue has started to set in at facebook. Less filters , pointless #pray for etc. This is a good thing.

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        1. AJ Fish‏ @aljfish 25 May 2017
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          You are getting thru more than you think. Heard you on NPR a year ago didn't catch your name. Heard you on KQEDForum. Keep up.

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