Copycat Effect

Copycat Effect

Einband:
Kartonierter Einband
EAN:
9780743482233
Untertitel:
How the Media and Popular Culture Trigger the Mayhem in Tomorrow's Headlines (Original)
Autor:
Loren L. Coleman
Herausgeber:
Gallery Books
Anzahl Seiten:
324
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.09.2004
ISBN:
0743482239

Zusatztext Publishers Weekly A convincing case. Informationen zum Autor Loren Coleman, M.S.W., has researched the Copycat Effect for more than two decades. Coleman has been an adjunct professor at various universities in New England since 1980 and a senior researcher with the Muskie School for Public Policy. He is currently the primary consultant for the State of Maine's Youth Suicide Prevention Initiative. The author, coauthor, or editor of more than twenty books, including the critically acclaimed work Suicide Clusters, lives in Portland, Maine. Klappentext In a landmark book as shocking as it is vital, a renowned expert explores the widespread, contagious violence that is triggered by our media and popular culture. Zusammenfassung VIOLENCE BEGETS VIOLENCE BEGETS VIOLENCE... A disturbed student shoots up his classroom -- and suddenly a wave of mass murder is sweeping through our nation's schools. A young child is taken from her home -- and for months afterward child abductions are frantically reported on an almost daily basis. A surfer is attacked by a shark -- and the public spends an entire summer fearing an onslaught of the deadly underwater predators. Why do the terrible events we see in the media always seem to lead to more of the same? Noted author and cultural behaviorist Loren Coleman explores how the media's over-saturated coverage of murders! suicides! and deadly tragedies makes an impact on our society. This is The Copycat Effect -- the phenomenon through which violent events spawn violence of the same type. From recognizing the emerging patterns of the Copycat Effect! to how we can deal with and counteract its consequences as individuals and as a culture! Loren Coleman has uncovered a tragic flaw of the information age -- a flaw which must be corrected before the next ripples of violence spread.

Publishers Weekly A convincing case.

Autorentext
Loren Coleman, M.S.W.

Klappentext
In a landmark book as shocking as it is vital, a renowned expert explores the widespread, contagious violence that is triggered by our media and popular culture.

Zusammenfassung
VIOLENCE BEGETS VIOLENCE BEGETS VIOLENCE...
A disturbed student shoots up his classroom -- and suddenly a wave of mass murder is sweeping through our nation's schools. A young child is taken from her home -- and for months afterward child abductions are frantically reported on an almost daily basis. A surfer is attacked by a shark -- and the public spends an entire summer fearing an onslaught of the deadly underwater predators. Why do the terrible events we see in the media always seem to lead to more of the same?
Noted author and cultural behaviorist Loren Coleman explores how the media's over-saturated coverage of murders, suicides, and deadly tragedies makes an impact on our society. This is The Copycat Effect -- the phenomenon through which violent events spawn violence of the same type.
From recognizing the emerging patterns of the Copycat Effect, to how we can deal with and counteract its consequences as individuals and as a culture, Loren Coleman has uncovered a tragic flaw of the information age -- a flaw which must be corrected before the next ripples of violence spread.


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