Mass shootings : media, myths, and realities / Jaclyn Schildkraut and H. Jaymi Elsass.
2016
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Mass shootings : media, myths, and realities / Jaclyn Schildkraut and H. Jaymi Elsass.
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Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2016]
Description
1 online resource.
Series
Crime, media, and popular culture.
Formatted Contents Note
Claims making and agenda setting: how myths become realities
What is a "mass shooting"?
A history of public mass shootings
Mass shootings by the numbers
The "usual suspects" as causal factors
Mass shootings around the globe
Preventing mass shootings
Mass shootings in a mediated society
Mass shootings today
and beyond.
What is a "mass shooting"?
A history of public mass shootings
Mass shootings by the numbers
The "usual suspects" as causal factors
Mass shootings around the globe
Preventing mass shootings
Mass shootings in a mediated society
Mass shootings today
and beyond.
Summary
This book provides readers and researchers with a critical examination of mass shootings as told by the media, offering research-based, factual answers to oft-asked questions and investigating common myths about these tragic events.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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WWW
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Print version: Schildkraut, Jaclyn. Mass shootings. Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2016]
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English
ISBN
9781440836534 electronic book
1440836531 electronic book
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