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American school shootings are news across the world. Why doesn that copy cat effect affect other countries?

• omginternets 3y ago
  To be fair, in the European countries I've visited, the media coverage is less sensational, and less relentless. That said, I do agree the gp's explanation is simplistic. There's clearly some kind of quest for transcendence involved in school shootings (not unlike e.g. Islamic terrorism); recognition for the act is definitely one element of that, but I think there's got to be more.
• giantg2 3y ago
  To some degree it might. There are some instances of school attacks in other countries. I would guess that socioeconomic factors are a main driver in lower school violence levels in other countries. Even within the US, socioeconomic factors are main factors in localized variances. I would also guess that media coverage is much different in other countries, where the event is reported without being sensationalized and without constant coverage for days or weeks on end.
• tivert 3y ago
  > American school shootings are news across the world. Why doesn that copy cat effect affect other countries? I doubt they're covered to the same degree as in America (e.g. CNN reiterating every detail, over and over, for days). I don't think America would have the school shooting problem is has if they were covered to the same degree as, say, Indian gang rapes are covered.