Actually, I study how censorship works, and many people studied this for suicide and mass shootings. Big difference.https://twitter.com/rhysblakely/status/915193034568060928 …
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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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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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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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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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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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Don't publish method/weapon porn (detailed maps, many weapon pictures, excessive technical method). Report on victims, structural factors.//
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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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I think you're missing that I agreed with you: "media should exhibit control".
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I guess we are in agreement, except that I think determined people seeking out information isn't the effect I'm talking about.
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That isn't preventable in this day and age. But the copycat effect is different, well-understood & our current coverage mode is fueling it.
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