"Another School Shooting?!": An Analysis on bystander response on school shootings

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Author
Gonzalez Valadez, Guadalupe
Keyword
First Reader Alexis M. Silver
Senior Project
Semester Spring 2021
Readers/Advisors
Silver, Alexis M.
Term and Year
Spring 2021
Date Published
2021

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/11324
Abstract
This study examines bystander responses on school shootings from bystanders affected directly and virtually. There has been media coverage on traditional news media and new media platforms. There has been a rise in social movements, especially formed by survivors and victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida. Through framing methods, political bias, and bystander response have been used in many forms of activism under both political parties. By studying the aftermath of school shootings, this study examines how victims' stories and experiences impact bystanders. The study explores, (1) How have new media and social movements promoted on new media platforms changed the public conversation surrounding gun violence, gun control, and school shootings? (2) How is new media used to spread news and awareness about school shootings? (3) Do direct and indirect responses to school shootings influence people to join social movements addressing gun violence? Through content analysis of newspaper articles, documentaries, podcasts, and interviews with survivors. Perhaps most importantly, the findings indicate there has been activism from both physical and virtual bystanders, institutional changes, strains in relationships due to politics, and survivors of school shootings impacted to work in helping professions. This suggests people affected directly and virtually through social media have been inspired to advocate for the issues associated with school shootings. There have been positive things that have come out of these situations, activism, unification, and experiences leading to work in helping professions.
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