Theory about the occurrence of mass shootings in relation to media coverage
Part of a series of articles on the
Columbine High School massacre
Location: Columbine High School (Columbine, Colorado)
Perpetrators: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold
Victims
Cassie Bernall
Austin Eubanks
Rachel Scott
Weaponry
Intratec TEC-9 Mini
Hi-Point 995 Carbine
Savage 67H pump-action shotgun
Stevens 311D double barreled sawed-off shotgun
Related persons
Dave Cullen
Sue Klebold
Danny Ledonne
Sol Pais
Bill White
Media
A Mother's Reckoning (2016)
April Showers (2009)
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Columbine (2009)
columbinus (2005)
Dawn Anna (2005)
Duck! The Carbine High Massacre (1999)
Elephant (2003)
Home Room (2002)
I'm Not Ashamed (2016)
"Lullaby for Columbine"
Nobody Left to Hate (2001)
Pico's School (1999)
Playing Columbine (2008)
Rachel's Tears (2000)
She Said Yes (1999)
Super Columbine Massacre RPG! (2005)
The Library (2014)
"The Nobodies"
The Only Way (2004)
"The Way I Am"
"Youth of the Nation"
Zero Day (2003)
Zero Hour (2004)
Cultural impact and aftermath
Columbine copycats
Columbine effect
Columbine Memorial
Immediate action rapid deployment
Mass shooting contagion
Rachel's Challenge
Entertainment affected
Diablo II (2000)
"Earshot"
"Graduation Day"
Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
Controversies
Doom
Marilyn Manson
Natural Born Killers copycat crime
Related topics
Adios (1999)
Blackjack Pizza
KMFDM
Natural Born Killers (1994)
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Mass shooting contagion theory is the studied nature and effect of media coverage of mass shootings and the potential increase of mimicked events.[1] Academic study of this theory has grown in recent years due to the nature of mass shooting events, frequency of references to previous rampage shooters as inspiration and the acquisition of fame using violence, particularly in the United States.[2] The Columbine High School massacre is cited as being the first shooting to receive nationwide 24/7 publicity, giving both shooters near instant widespread infamy, and thus often is claimed by researchers as being a source of inspiration for would be copycat mass shooters.[3]
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^Weissmueller, Zach (16 September 2022). "Are the Media Making Mass Shootings Worse?". reason.com. Reason. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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