dc.contributor.advisor | Thompson, Carol | |
dc.contributor.author | Freeman, Hannah | |
dc.date | 2016-05-19 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-14T15:32:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-09-14T15:32:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/11355 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | |
dc.subject | mass shooting | |
dc.subject | school shooting | |
dc.subject | mass media | |
dc.subject | Columbine High School shooting | |
dc.subject | Umpqua Community College shooting | |
dc.title | Umpqua Community College: The Case of the Socially Constructed School Shooting | |
etd.degree.department | Sociology | |
local.college | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
local.college | John V. Roach Honors College | |
local.department | Sociology and Anthropology | |