ISBN:
9781780529196
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxix, 353 Seiten)
Edition:
1st edition
Series Statement:
Studies in media and communications Volume 7
Series Statement:
Studies in Media and Communications Ser. v.7
Series Statement:
Studies in media and communications
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.60835
Keywords:
School shootings
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Violence in mass media
;
Youth and violence
;
School shootings
;
Violence in mass media
;
Youth and violence
;
Electronic books
;
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Abstract:
This book analyses the global (media) cultural phenomenon of school shootings in the context of mediatization in contemporary social and cultural life. It explores shootings from different, interconnected perspectives with a focus on the theoretical aspect, the practices of mediatization and an examination of the audiences, victims and witnesses.
Abstract:
FRONT COVER -- SCHOOL SHOOTINGS: MEDIATIZED VIOLENCE IN A GLOBAL AGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION: SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AS MEDIATIZED VIOLENCE -- MEDIATIZATION AS A CONCEPTUAL BASIS FOR THE VOLUME -- ORGANIZATION OF THE VOLUME -- REFERENCES -- SECTION 1: FRAMING THE EVENT: SOCIETAL AND (MEDIA)CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES -- CHAPTER 1 SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND CULTIVATION ANALYSIS: ON CONFRONTATIONAL MEDIA RHETORIC AND THE HISTORY OF RESEARCH ON THE POLITICS OF MEDIA VIOLENCE -- INTRODUCTION -- SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND MEDIA FRAMING -- CULTIVATION ANALYSIS AND THE MEANING OF MEDIA VIOLENCE -- CULTIVATION ANALYSIS AND RITUAL THEORY -- MEDIA VIOLENCE AND GENDER -- FUTURE DIRECTIONS: A CULTIVATION PERSPECTIVE ON SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AS MEDIA PRACTICES -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2 MEDIA DYNAMICS IN SCHOOL SHOOTINGS: A SOCIALIZATION THEORY PERSPECTIVE -- INTRODUCTION -- SCHOOL SHOOTERS IN MEDIA VIOLENCE RESEARCH -- THE METATHEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- MEDIA AND THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL: ON THE SUBJECTIVE FUNCTIONALITY OF MEDIA CONSUMPTION AND RAMPAGE -- MEDIA AND THE SOCIO-CULTURAL LEVEL: MEDIA RECEPTION AND VIOLENT ACT IN THE LIGHT OF SOCIETAL STRUCTURES -- MEDIA AND THE INTERPERSONAL LEVEL: IDENTIFICATION PROCESSES AND SCHOOL SHOOTINGS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3 A FUTILE GAME: ON THE PREVALENCE AND CAUSES OF MISGUIDED SPECULATION ABOUT THE ROLE OF VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES IN MASS SCHOOL SHOOTINGS -- AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT MASS SCHOOL SHOOTINGS -- ADOLESCENT/YOUNG ADULT VERSUS OLDER ADULT PERPETRATORS -- RESEARCH ON VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES AND AGGRESSION -- RESEARCH ON VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES AND VIOLENT CRIME -- POSSIBLE REASONS FOR INCORRECT BELIEFS ABOUT A LINK BETWEEN VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES AND MASS SCHOOL SHOOTINGS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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