1.0The New Atlantishttps://www.thenewatlantis.comBrianhttps://www.thenewatlantis.com/author/brianshimrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/reporting-mass-shootings-and-suicides">Reporting Mass Shootings and Suicides</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){var r,a,i,s,n,o=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]');for(r=0;r<c.length;r++)c[r].style.display="none";for(r=0;r<o.length;r++)if(a=o[r],e.source===a.contentWindow){if(a.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;a.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),n=l.createElement("a"),s.href=a.getAttribute("src"),n.href=t.value,n.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===a)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),d.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;var e,t,r,a,i=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),s=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),n=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content");for(t=0;t<n.length;t++){if(!(r=n[t]).getAttribute("data-secret"))a=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),r.src+="#?secret="+a,r.setAttribute("data-secret",a);if(i||s)(e=r.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),r.parentNode.replaceChild(e,r)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/reporting-mass-shootings-and-suicides/embed" width="600" height="338" title="“Reporting Mass Shootings and Suicides” — The New Atlantis" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>Dear Ms. Sullivan, The news media have long received scrutiny for their possible role in encouraging mass shootings and other sensational forms of violence. There is indeed a growing consensus among researchers that even seemingly responsible reporting may encourage mass shooters’ desire to achieve infamy, and that saturated, highly detailed news coverage of these events creates an imitation effect by planting concrete ideas in other troubled minds. The evidence that certain kinds of reporting may encourage imitation, whether knowing or unconscious, is even stronger for another form of violence: suicides. The Centers for Disease Control has recognized this conclusion since...https://www.thenewatlantis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/social-share-default.png930488