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

Freeman, Hannah

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