Comments on: Shootings revisited http://www.nonformality.org/2007/04/shootings-revisited/ Education & Learning Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:44:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andreas Karsten http://www.nonformality.org/2007/04/shootings-revisited/#comment-1143 Andreas Karsten Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:08:24 +0000 http://www.nonformality.org/index.php/2007/04/shootings-revisited/#comment-1143 Scott Adams notes that

“every time the media makes a big deal about a high profile suicide there’s a 100% chance it inspires additional suicide.”

in reference to the study «Media influence on suicide» which is described here at the website of BMJ.

]]> By: Andreas Karsten http://www.nonformality.org/2007/04/shootings-revisited/#comment-1049 Andreas Karsten Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:07:03 +0000 http://www.nonformality.org/index.php/2007/04/shootings-revisited/#comment-1049 John Brown and Tom Engelhardt add a global perspective in <a href="http://www.antiwar.com/engelhardt/?articleid=10866" rel="nofollow">"The Blacksburg Massacre in Global Context"</a>. (via <a href="http://matthewgood.org/" rel="nofollow">matthew good</a>) John Brown and Tom Engelhardt add a global perspective in “The Blacksburg Massacre in Global Context”.

(via matthew good)

]]> By: Andreas Karsten http://www.nonformality.org/2007/04/shootings-revisited/#comment-891 Andreas Karsten Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:07:51 +0000 http://www.nonformality.org/index.php/2007/04/shootings-revisited/#comment-891 The Cynical-C keeps track of what the media is blaming for the Virginia Tech murders. So far, the list runs to more than 30 items, including South Korea, Bill Gates, Atheists, Bureaucracies, violent video games, and cowardly students. <a href="http://www.cynical-c.com/?p=7191" rel="nofollow">Reasons for Virginia Tech</a> (via <a href="http://www.kottke.org" rel="nofollow">kottke</a> The Cynical-C keeps track of what the media is blaming for the Virginia Tech murders. So far, the list runs to more than 30 items, including South Korea, Bill Gates, Atheists, Bureaucracies, violent video games, and cowardly students.

Reasons for Virginia Tech

(via kottke

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