School Shootings

Introduction: School Shootings as Mediatized Violence Glenn W. Muschert and Johanna Sumiala Section 1: Framing the Event: Societal and (Media) Cultural Perspectives School Shootings and Cultivation Analysis: On Confrontational Media Rhetoric and the History of Research on The Politics of Media Violence, Andy Ruddock  Media Dynamics in School Shootings: A Socialization Theory Perspective, Nils Bockler, Thorsten Seeger, and Peter Sitzer  A Futile Game: On the Prevalence and Possible Causes of the Misguided Speculation about the Role of Violent Video Games as a Substantial Independent Causal Factor in Mass School Shootings, Christopher Ferguson and James Ivory  Media Consumption in German School Shooters, Rebecca Bondu and Herbert Scheithauer  Making Headlines: A Quarter Century of the Media's Characterization of Canadian School Shootings, Stephanie Howells  Section 2: Covering the Events: Perspectives of and for Journalistic Practice, Amok Visuals.  Analyzing Visual Media Coverage of Amok School Shootings: A Novel Iconographic Approach, Marion G. Muller, Ognyan Seizov, and Florian Wiencek  U.S. and Finnish Journalists: A Comparative Study of Role, Responsibilities, and Emotional Reactions to School Shootings, Klas Backholm, Marguerite Moritz, and Kaj Bjorkqvist  Vital Explanations or Harmful Gossip? Finnish Journalists' Reflections on Reporting the Interpretations of Two School Shootings Jari Valiverronen, Kari Koljonen, and Pentti Raittila  Deciphering Rampage: Assigning Blame to Youth Offenders in News Coverage of School Shootings, Glenn W. Muschert and Leah Janssen  Section 3: Witnessing and Consuming School Shooting Events Media Participation of School Shooters and Their Fans: Navigating Between Self-Distinction and Imitation to Achieve Individuation, Nathalie Paton  The Remote Is Controlled by the Monster: Issues of Mediatized Violence and School Shootings, Jacklyn Schildkraut  The Mediatized Victim: School Shootings as Distant Suffering, Salli Hakala  Collective Coping through Networked Narratives: YouTube Responses to the Virginia Tech Shooting, Simon Lindgren  School Shootings, Crises of Masculinities, and Media Spectacle: Some Critical Perspectives, Douglas Kellner  Concluding Reflections Afterword: Mediatization and School Shootings: Is Mediatization a Useful Concept for Informing Practice in Journalism? Gavin Rees  Afterword: Media and School Shootings: A Sociological View, Ralph Larkin