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World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Vol:2, No:11, 2015
International Science Index, Humanities and Social Sciences Vol:2, No:11, 2015 waset.org/abstracts/31980
The Columbine Shooting in German Media Coverage: A Point of No Return
Authors : Melanie Verhovnik
Abstract : School shootings are a well-known phenomenon in Germany, 14 of which have occurred to date. The first case
happened half a year after the April 20th, 1999 Columbine shooting in the United States, which was at the time the most
serious school shooting to have occurred anywhere in the world. The German media gave only scant attention to the subject of
school shootings prior to Columbine, even though there were numerous instances of it throughout the world and several
serious instances in the United States during the 1990s. A mixed method design of qualitative and quantitative content analysis
was employed in order to demonstrate the main features and characteristics of core German media’s coverage of Columbine.
Keywords : Columbine, media coverage, qualitative, quantitative content analysis, school shooting
Conference Title : ICSCACIR 2015 : 17th International Conference on Socio-Cultural, Anthropology, Criminology and
International Relations
Conference Location : Venice, Italy
Conference Dates : November 09-10, 2015
International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 2(11) 2015
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