endless media coverage of mass grieving over school shootings served to incite and instruct adolescent copycats
Dorginhas quoted4 years ago
“the degree of imitation was inspired by sustained and sensationalized media coverage.”
Dorginhas quoted4 years ago
Studies by University of California Professor David Phillips and forensic psychologist Park Dietz concluded that “news reports—not movies or video games—are the prime media mover in begetting copycats.”