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The 'copycat effect' refers to the tendency of sensational publicity about violent murders or suicides to result in more of the same through imitation. It is also the name of a book on the subject by Loren Coleman.
Newspapers sometimes avoid glorifying vandalism and other petty crimes because of the copycat effect.
Regarding the Virginia Tech shootings, social scientist and author Loren Coleman, ''The Copycat Effect'' (New York: Paraview Pocket-Simon and Schuster, 2004, ISBN 0-7434-8223-9), has written in some detail in his same-named blog and been extensively quoted by the media regarding the impact that the wall-to-wall coverage had in framing Cho's attack, and in the copycats in its wake. yep thats how it went
★ Copycat crimes
★ Copycat suicide
★ Copycat Effect (Article that discusses how sensational coverage of violent events tends to provoke similar events).
★ ''The Copycat Effect'' (New York: Paraview Pocket-Simon and Schuster, 2004) [1]
Newspapers sometimes avoid glorifying vandalism and other petty crimes because of the copycat effect.
Regarding the Virginia Tech shootings, social scientist and author Loren Coleman, ''The Copycat Effect'' (New York: Paraview Pocket-Simon and Schuster, 2004, ISBN 0-7434-8223-9), has written in some detail in his same-named blog and been extensively quoted by the media regarding the impact that the wall-to-wall coverage had in framing Cho's attack, and in the copycats in its wake. yep thats how it went
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See also
★ Copycat crimes
★ Copycat suicide
External links
★ Copycat Effect (Article that discusses how sensational coverage of violent events tends to provoke similar events).
★ ''The Copycat Effect'' (New York: Paraview Pocket-Simon and Schuster, 2004) [1]
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