School shootings mediatized violence in a global age

• Other Authors: Muschert, Glenn W., Sumiala, Johanna
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2012.
• Series: Studies in media and communications, v. 7
• Subjects: School shootings.; Youth and violence.; Violence in mass media.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781780529196
• ISSN: 2050-2060 ;
• DOI: 10.1108/S2050-2060(2012)7
• 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...