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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 May 2018

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      I am, sadly, going to retweet an earlier thread. Media: please don’t put the killer’s face on loop, on front pages, on your app notifications. Don’t sensationally publicize manifestos. Focus on victims and structural causes. Don’t help inspire the next killer.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/963900584901226497 …

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      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      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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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 May 2018

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      This is definitely part of what’s going on. Stop profiling the killers. The profile is murder/suicide attention-seeker troubled young man with access to guns. If there is a large number of some other kind, then write an aggregate profile. Till then: stop. https://twitter.com/passantino/status/997510613206089728 …

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 May 2018

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Kenneth Preston

      The research is clear. The copycat mechanism is clear. The moral case is clear. Too easy access to guns is definitely part of the problem—but so is the ease with which mass media gives these killers to the notoriety they seek. Past time to change this.https://twitter.com/kennethrpreston/status/997605000015745026 …

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      Kenneth Preston @kennethrpreston
      The families of the Parkland shooting have just released this statement in response to the shooting in Sante Fe. They have asked that the media refrains from using the shooter’s name. pic.twitter.com/27fGZp3h06
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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 May 2018

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      It's horrible. I've been desperately writing about this since 2012. Like the 2016 election—journalists can be great at understanding dynamics (need for gun control) *unless* it's about them. Meanwhile, more copycat murder/suicides by troubled young men. https://twitter.com/CharmianNeary/status/997723739830849536 …

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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 May 2018

      Sensible coverage, editorial decisions similar to those about suicides (as per CDC guidelines) would have gone a long way. Nobody is calling for censorship. Just some sense. Here are two of my pieces with very concrete suggestions. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/opinion/the-virginia-shooter-wanted-fame-lets-not-give-it-to-him.html …https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/12/the-media-needs-to-stop-inspiring-copycat-murders-heres-how/266439/ …

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 May 2018

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Verity Pace  🌐

      Yes. I've been contacted by grieving loved ones of victims who told me that despite their intense pain, they pushed themselves to be available to media *just so* that they could prevent the journalists from otherwise giving attention to the killer. 😢😢😡😡https://twitter.com/VerityPace/status/997816953233444864 …

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      It seemed like coverage was changing, since I remember a lot of names from the Parkland shootings and none of them are the shooter’s. Maybe only because so many of the kids were prepared and willing to put themselves in front of the media.
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