Time for that sad reminder. After Robin Williams' suicide, sensational media coverage that violated the CDC guidelines resulted in a 10 PERCENT increase in suicides. Same effect applies to mass shootings. Newsrooms, please be considerate in your coverage.https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/opinion/the-virginia-shooter-wanted-fame-lets-not-give-it-to-him.html …
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Many of you in media understand why too easy access to guns is big part of the problem. Too easy access to mass media infamy following mass murder/suicide is also part of the problem. Research is more than clear at this point. Please do your part. Report responsibly, to inform.
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Responsible reporting : don't excessively splatter the killer's face, name or manifesto on loop on mass media and front pages. Don't replay the same short video of people running/cowering in fear. It's a snuff film, don't cooperate. Instead focus on victims, report about guns,
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This is a snuff film. It should not be played widely, let alone auto-played. It’s a snuff film produced so that media would do just this. Don’t cooperate. https://twitter.com/asociologist/status/963934001479278592 …
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Also, as people continue to focus on NRA's political contributions, please read and consider this excellent op-ed by
@hahriehan. What the NRA has more than gun control advocates isn't money, it's also an organized, active base and strategic leadership. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/04/opinion/gun-control-nra-vegas.html …pic.twitter.com/iAE2H1lEWg
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This isn’t reasonable or okay. Don’t put snuff films in loop while censoring an essentially mundane swear word.https://twitter.com/proflafferty/status/963947060780204033 …
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If you’re wondering about media effects. Media did not follow CDC guidelines on suicide reporting for Robin Williams case, sensationalized the story, and that resulted in a 10% increase in suicide in period right after. My desperate tweet from then.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/498971557675663360 …
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There was a 32% increase in suicides by the same method after Williams’ death—in violation of CDC guidelines, method details were widely publicized. It’s fairly clear similar effect applies to mass shootings. Sensationalization, diagrams, weapon porn, cowering people on loop...
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And DO NOT go through the records to figure out the parameters of a 'biggest shooting since' statement would be. That only serves the shooter's interests, especially when it's like 'biggest in lower southeast state since xxxx on a Wednesday.' Don't do it.
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Media greed to breaking news kills common sense, they fight for attention any legal and illegal way. As primary reason of this that they are profiteering, they should be punished by $$$, then they will understand.
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"This isn't calling for censorship" Yes! It really is! "It's calling for non-sensationalist coverage done in a way that informs rather than inspires/encourages" This is equivalent of calling for banks to self-regulate. It's as obtuse as possible Stop this shit.
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