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re: There are legitimately stupid kids out there. (Re: school shootings)
Posted on 2/20/18 at 6:17 am to pankReb
Posted on 2/20/18 at 6:17 am to pankReb
we need to make it illegal for the news to report these crimes for more than a day, and super illegal to name the shooter
that will help
The Contagion Effect
that will help
The Contagion Effect
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These events don’t occur in a vacuum. While the “contagion” effect is well-documented in the case of suicides, it’s been studied less in the context of mass shootings. But as shootings become an ever more commonplace occurrence, more of us are wondering about the possibility of a ripple effect.
We’re starting to better understand the epidemiology behind this tragic trend. While the research is limited, a recent Arizona State University study found strong evidence that school shootings and other acts of mass violence are contagious.
The researchers did a statistical analysis of 176 mass shooting events in the U.S. from 2006 to 2011 and 220 school shootings between 1997 and 2013. They discovered that mass shootings were significantly more likely to occur if another shooting that received national media coverage took place in the previous 13 days — a finding that suggests that mass shootings tend to cluster together in a similar manner to suicides. This was “apparently due to the [media] coverage planting the seeds of ideation in at-risk individuals to commit similar acts,” the study said.
Posted on 2/20/18 at 6:27 am to SlowFlowPro
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we need to make it illegal for the news to report these crimes for more than a day, and super illegal to name the shooter
While I don’t disagree in theory., that seems to violate 1A.
Posted on 2/20/18 at 7:03 am to SlowFlowPro
Yea, let’s make laws on what the media can and can’t cover, and how long they can cover it. Don’t see how that could go poorly. Know what, let’s just have the government be our media!
Posted on 2/20/18 at 7:37 am to SlowFlowPro
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The Contagion Effect
Do you never sleep? How much internet sleuthing do you do per day? I'd have never known that this was a thing except for you.
Seems like it's a pretty reasonable assessment as to why some of these occurrences take place, though.
Posted on 2/20/18 at 10:12 am to SlowFlowPro
I don't remember them using the term "Contagion Effect", but there was an interesting occurrence in a Texas high school a few years ago that lends credence to this school of thought.
Something like a dozen or so girls suddenly developed a facial tick accompanied by a severe stutter when they would speak. The girls were all from the same school but were not all acquainted. Doctors first thought it was some type of nervous system disorder. They went as far as to theorize that it was caused by the presence of chemicals in the fill dirt that was used on the sports practice fields. Apparently some of the dirt was taken from the vicinity of a land fill or something.
In the end it turned out to be what they referred to as a form of "mass hysteria". It started with one girl and spread to the rest. A young mind is a very mold-able thing. That's why the military likes to recruit 18 year olds.
Something like a dozen or so girls suddenly developed a facial tick accompanied by a severe stutter when they would speak. The girls were all from the same school but were not all acquainted. Doctors first thought it was some type of nervous system disorder. They went as far as to theorize that it was caused by the presence of chemicals in the fill dirt that was used on the sports practice fields. Apparently some of the dirt was taken from the vicinity of a land fill or something.
In the end it turned out to be what they referred to as a form of "mass hysteria". It started with one girl and spread to the rest. A young mind is a very mold-able thing. That's why the military likes to recruit 18 year olds.
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