Mass Shootings, Media and Motive

Media coverage is a hugely significant factor in the rise, frequency, and lethality of mass shootings. After the murder of 16 people at the University of Texas in 1966, the crime of random mass shootings went from an oddity, a rarity, to widespread. What changed? In simple terms: the news did.This book uses major cultural events in Australia (Port Arthur and Bondi Beach), Scotland (Dunblane), Norw...