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Umpqua Community College: The Case of the Socially Constructed School Shooting

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2016
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2016-05-19
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This thesis is an interdisciplinary analysis of the mass shooting on October 1, 2015 at Umpqua Community College (UCC) in Roseburg, Oregon. I examine this event and the surrounding media coverage on a macro-level scale and through a critical media, social constructionist lens. Through an interdisciplinary review of theory and research, I explore the mass media's role in establishing cultural scripts and frameworks surrounding school shootings, placing a particular emphasis on the enduring influence of the media coverage of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting. I then apply these theories and concepts to the UCC shooting to exemplify the direct and indirect consequences of the media's narrative control. Finally, I suggest future directions for research, analysis, and social change.
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mass shooting
 school shooting
 mass media
 Columbine High School shooting
 Umpqua Community College shooting
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Sociology and Anthropology
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Thompson, Carol
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https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/11355
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