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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Oct 2017

      Whatever else, we know: attention on the killer on his terms helps inspire the next one. Or focus on methods. Don't. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/opinion/the-virginia-shooter-wanted-fame-lets-not-give-it-to-him.html …pic.twitter.com/u9wYXqQBNS

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Oct 2017

      New methods inspire copycats; the vector is often sensationalized mass/social media attention on killer, method.. Focus on victims.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Oct 2017

      First wrote about role of attention in mass shootings in 2012, going on an analytic hunch. Piles of evidence since. https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/12/the-media-needs-to-stop-inspiring-copycat-murders-heres-how/266439/ …pic.twitter.com/O5UBP2F0DB

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Oct 2017

      It is perfectly possible to cover such a horrible event without excessive focus on the killer, or exact methods in painstaking detail.

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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Oct 2017

      Mass killers come in a variety motivations, but they all want ATTENTION ON THEIR TERMS. Zero reason why we should comply so easily.

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Oct 2017

      There is no need for videos of panicked people on loop, or the killer's face endlessly flashed to have a sensible coverage or discussion.

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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Oct 2017

      The road map to sensible coverage is possible, and I wrote about it in multiple pieces. Need editorial guidance—the opposite of censorship.pic.twitter.com/aiBG6K8h15

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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Oct 2017

      Understanding the role sensationalized attention plays doesn't mean ignoring other factors. Of course the world is multi-causal.

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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Oct 2017

      Many have been writing this for years. Zero headway. Media will talk about anything but media. People on social media better at restraint.

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    10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Oct 2017

      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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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Oct 2017

      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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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Oct 2017

          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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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Oct 2017

          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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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Oct 2017

          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 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          suldrew @suldrew
          Replying to @zeynep
          and all this talk of breaking records is HIGHLY counterproductive
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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Oct 2017

          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 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Kamala Harris is Badass @MHLefaucheux
          Replying to @GMA @mattgutmanABC
          @zeynep exactly what you cautioned against. I'm terrified of the copy cats this might produce.
          7 replies 22 retweets 86 likes
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        6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Oct 2017

          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 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
          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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        7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          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 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Pinboard @Pinboard
          Why is the NYT publishing a technical primer for copycats? “Gunman’s Vantage Point and Preparations Opened the Way for Mass Slaughter”
          5 replies 16 retweets 42 likes
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        8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          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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        9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          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 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle
          Replying to @zeynep
          arguably the public service is answering the question, "why was this attack so deadly?" I think that's legitimate. but I get your point
          2 replies 9 retweets 27 likes
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        10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          "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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        11. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          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 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          SupersetGreg @supersetgreg
          Replying to @zeynep @jeffjarvis
          because the vantage point of any battle is usually won by the person that is at the highest point. this has been known for 1000's of yrs.
          4 replies 4 retweets 23 likes
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        12. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          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 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Annabelle Robertson @Annabelle4SC
          Replying to @zeynep
          @Poynter Reporting on mass shootings should be treated as carefully as suicides. Please consider issuing ethical guidelines to reporters!
          3 replies 38 retweets 89 likes
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        13. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Belli

          Yes for suicides. Unfortunately, CDC politically banned from studying gun violence. See: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00031539.htm …https://twitter.com/bellisaurius/status/915186014574039040 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Belli @bellisaurius
          Replying to @zeynep
          Is there actually literature on the topic? I'm legit curious.
          3 replies 37 retweets 75 likes
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        14. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Rhys Blakely

          Actually, I study how censorship works, and many people studied this for suicide and mass shootings. Big difference.https://twitter.com/rhysblakely/status/915193034568060928 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Rhys BlakelyVerified account @rhysblakely
          Media shld exhibit control in covering mass shooters. Naive, though, to think unstable readers wldn't mine details from beyond MSM https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/915040618820329472 …
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        15. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          Details available to folks who meticulously search every corner of the internet just isn't same effect as ON LOOP ON CNN FRONT PAGE OF NYT.

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        16. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          As proof, simply look at recent rise of using cars as weapons. Painfully and openly obvious for decades, only took off recently. Contagion.

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        17. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          It's like suicides; not that the info isn't available to the determined. But media attention on high-profile suicides causes spike. Same.

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        18. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted

          Of course not! There's an enormous amount of very important stuff to report on that can be done while being mindful. https://twitter.com/dlepeska/status/915195882454339585 …

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        19. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          Here: Don't splash killer's face everywhere. His individual story is an illusion of knowledge, summarize. Don't put panic shots on loop.1/2

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        20. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          Don't publish method/weapon porn (detailed maps, many weapon pictures, excessive technical method). Report on victims, structural factors.//

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        21. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          I can assure big media that there's no shortage of crucial stuff they can report on without helping inspire copycats—what they're doing now.

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        22. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted

          Individual "profiles" are useless. Troubled people with guns. Too many false positives, no predictive capability. https://twitter.com/dlepeska/status/915198363691339776 …

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        23. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

          I make no call to censor actual news. Don't give the killer attention on their terms, don't loop snuff films, etc.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/914819173112532993 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
          The road map to sensible coverage is possible, and I wrote about it in multiple pieces. Need editorial guidance—the opposite of censorship. pic.twitter.com/aiBG6K8h15
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        24. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          Focus on victims; gun control; that the CDC is banned from studying guns; structural factors that produce these regularly. So much material!

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        25. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          For ex: CNN autoplays video with sound of automatic fire. One, you're autoplaying a snuff film. Two, that's exactly what inspires copycats.

          4 replies 38 retweets 107 likes
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        26. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted briandonohue

          This particular type of mass murderer is killing *for* the infamy. That's the goal. Why does media comply so meekly?https://twitter.com/briandonohue/status/915212499213062147 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          briandonohueVerified account @briandonohue
          Late great @stevebuttry: "undeniable that limelight journalism provides is incentive that appeals to mass killers." https://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2015/10/03/another-mass-killer-seeks-the-limelight-and-media-oblige/ …
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        27. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Bert Hyman

          CDC also not shy about the difference between technical reports and loop on CNN and front-page splash on NYT. Also+https://twitter.com/berthyman/status/915219566715908096 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Bert Hyman @berthyman
          Replying to @zeynep @bethanyshondark
          Oh, the CDC's not that shy about showing suicide methods. For example: pic.twitter.com/X0d3d6vBAS
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        28. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2017

          +recommentation isn't "hide method." It's "don't go into excessive details that plant seeds of ideation with step-by-step detailed tracing."

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        29. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

          .@people mag does appropriate coverage of Las Vegas—profiling victim after victim—while "serious" media focues on "how-to" for next killer.🙄

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        30. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

          Gunfire on loop on CNN—snuff film made exactly to be on loop on CNN—detailed tracing of mass murder—it's not the info public needs—on NYT.

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        31. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Oct 2017

          Extended profiles of the killer ("who knew?") or play-by-play of mass murder don't help our understanding. Helps inspire copycats, though.pic.twitter.com/5p8JNC881I

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