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The Copycat Effect: How the Media and Popular Culture Trigger the Mayhem in Tomorrow's Headlines (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780743482233)
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xVIOLENCE 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.
Author: Loren Coleman
ISBN-10: 0743482239
ISBN-13: 9780743482233
Publisher: Gallery Books
Language: English
Published: 09/14/2004
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 7.12h x 5.03w x 0.79d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/21/2004 pg. 52
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2004 pg. 669
Library Journal 10/01/2004 pg. 91
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.
Author: Loren Coleman
ISBN-10: 0743482239
ISBN-13: 9780743482233
Publisher: Gallery Books
Language: English
Published: 09/14/2004
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 7.12h x 5.03w x 0.79d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/21/2004 pg. 52
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2004 pg. 669
Library Journal 10/01/2004 pg. 91
By Loren Coleman
xLoren 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, Main
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