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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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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The “news” as a continuous trigger for our innate fear/danger receptors will never change. Not while eyeballs are attached to ad dollars.
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The killer was programmed. Pay a lot of attention to who is programming our youth if you do not personally condone this individual's actions. Any royalties for the 'film' go to broadcast media's shareholders.
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You know what their excuse is. If they don't run it, someone else will. And they are competing for viewers. Same excuse for vulture capitalism.
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If you know anything about how neural networks learn from negative reinforcement you will cease and desist obfuscating the learning process.
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Also bodycounts should not be the lede. Forensic psychologists say it's like a "score" they try to beat. Of course it should be reported, but not the headline/constant chyron.
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