Don't Name Them, Don't Show Them, But Report Everything Else: A Pragmatic Proposal for Denying Mass Killers the Attention They Seek and Deterring Future Offenders
Don't Name Them, Don't Show Them, But Report Everything Else: A Pragmatic Proposal for Denying Mass Killers the Attention They Seek and Deterring Future Offenders
复制标题
DOI：
10.1177/0002764217730854
复制
发表时间：
2018-02-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Madfis, Eric
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Lankford, Adam;Madfis, Eric
此前的研究表明，许多大规模枪击案凶手明确承认他们想要出名，并直接与媒体机构联系以获得名声。这些追求名声的罪犯特别危险，因为他们杀死和伤害的受害者比其他活跃的枪手要多得多，他们经常通过试图最大限度地增加受害者的死亡率来争夺关注，他们可以激发传染和模仿效应。然而，如果媒体改变报道大规模枪击事件的方式，他们可能会拒绝许多罪犯寻求的关注，并阻止一些未来的罪犯袭击。我们建议媒体机构不应再公布大规模枪击者的姓名或照片（除了正在进行的对逃犯的搜索），而是尽可能详细地报道这些罪行的其他一切。在这篇文章中，我们（1）回顾了媒体报道大规模枪击事件的后果，（2）概述了我们的建议，（3）表明其实施是现实的，并有先例，（4）讨论了预期的挑战，（5）建议未来建立共识和实施的步骤。
Prior research has shown that many mass shooters have explicitly admitted they want fame and have directly reached out to media organizations to get it. These fame-seeking offenders are particularly dangerous because they kill and wound significantly more victims than other active shooters, they often compete for attention by attempting to maximize victim fatalities, and they can inspire contagion and copycat effects. However, if the media changes how they cover mass shooters, they may be able to deny many offenders the attention they seek and deter some future perpetrators from attacking. We propose that media organizations should no longer publish the names or photos of mass shooters (except during ongoing searches for escaped suspects), but report everything else about these crimes in as much detail as desired. In this article, we (1) review the consequences of media coverage of mass shooters, (2) outline our proposal, (3) show that its implementation is realistic and has precedent, (4) discuss anticipated challenges, and (5) recommend future steps for consensus building and implementation.