Contagion Effect of Mass Shootings

The Matt Townsend Show • Season 5, Episode 78, Segment 1

Mar 31, 2016 • 47m

Dr. Sherry Towers is a Research Professor in Mathematical and Computational Modeling Sciences Center at Arizona State University. She headed up a recent study into the heightened media attention of mass shootings. The results gave insights into how the shootings may have a contagious effect and how the coverage may result in copycat killings for up to 13 days, following the initial shootings. Dr. Towers shares more of her research and what the media’s role in the contagion of mass shootings.

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