School shootings mediatized violence in a global age

• Other Authors: Muschert, Glenn W., Sumiala, Johanna.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2012.
• Series: Studies in media and communications, v. 7
• Subjects: Social Science > Violence in Society.; Social Science > Sociology > General.; Social Science > General.; Violence in society.; Society & culture: general.; School shootings.; Youth and violence.; Violence in mass media.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781780529196 (electronic bk.) :
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxx, 353 p.) : ill.

School shootings have raised considerable interest among scholars as a global (media) cultural phenomenon and have increased specifically in the 1990s developing into a seeming cultural epidemic. This book contributes to the current academic discussion on school shootings by analysing this phenomeno...