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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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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I've wondered if the decreased publicity might happen naturally. Columbine was in the news for a long time. This shooting will probably fade from national coverage in a few days, given how many mass shootings there are these days.
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That may be true but unfortunately if all they can get is 15 hours of fame, some shooters will take it. It's difficult to balance informing the public while not giving shooters what they want.
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Media vultures asking for phone calls during an active shooting, putting children at risk, is truly despicable.
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The shooter was a troubled man who was banned from carrying a backpack on campus - why he wasn't just barred from campus I'd like to know - for making credible threats. People like that shouldn't be allowed to purchase, possess, or control firearms. Law abiding citizens should.
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