MEDIA PARTICIPATION OF SCHOOL SHOOTERS AND THEIR FANS
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issued: 2026-05-10T16:07:26.365369
modified: 2026-05-10T16:07:26.340308

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MEDIA PARTICIPATION OF SCHOOL SHOOTERS AND THEIR FANS
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contact point: Organization
  fn: CCSD
keyword: shssociohumanities-and-social-sciencessociology
keyword: shsinfohumanities-and-social-scienceslibrary-and-information-sciences
keyword: infoeu-reposemanticsbookpart
keyword: media-participation
keyword: individuation
keyword: video
keyword: school-shooting
keyword: subculture
keyword: youtube
keyword: online-regulation
keyword: book-sections
landing page: Mediatized Violence in a Global Age
description: Purpose: This study examines perpetrators and their fans media participation for the purpose of investigating whether new media produce school shootings anew. Method: We first analyze the narrative structure of eight school shooters' 75 self-produced videos (1999 2011), then conduct thematic and content analysis of this material. Then, based upon a three-year ethnographic investigation of a subculture on YouTube (2007 2010), from which a sample of 81 users, 142 videos, and screenshots of natural conversation was taken, we analyze the style and ritual practices, fan attachment, and online regulation of the subculture. Findings: The mirroring of the school shooters' videos and their fans' media practices highlights a trait of contemporary society: a need for distinction and intrinsic individuality directly linked to a modern era in which autonomy and self-production have become well-praised norms, and media a support for individuation. Social implications: We observe some of the pitfalls of contemporary social injunctions and how the media interplay into this dynamic. This research also emphasizes the role of regulation in an online subculture: opposition encountered tends to contribute to the individualization of positions rather than the reproduction of violence.
identifier: ISBN: 2050-2060/
issued: 2026-05-10T16:07:26.351941
language: en
modified: 2026-05-10T16:07:26.351945