A frenzied media and a disturbed angry lone assassin in search of massive attention have coalesced in a Colorado cinema like a perfect storm.
This is not the first, nor will it be the last time unfortunately. The ghastly details of the tragic slayings in Colorado are now common knowledge. Yet many experts agree that dramatic, hysterical publicising of the perpetrator and his crime can feed the so called copycat compulsion.
So how do we reconcile the legitimate need to know, respond and inform with the potential for inciting further violence from other vulnerable, disturbed individuals ‘out there’? Furthermore, with so much information instantly available on the internet, is any kind of containment and control possible? Read more
Sources
- Lyn Bender in Eureka Street
- Image: Vanity Fair
Lyn Bender is a Melbourne based psychologist.