Media & Mass Shooters, What People Think, Screen Cleaning

Media & Mass Shooters, What People Think, Screen Cleaning

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 7, Episode 53

  • Mar 2, 2018 7:00 am
  • 2:19:44 mins

How the Media Covers Mass Shooters (21:02) Russell Frank, Ph.D., worked for newspapers in California and Pennsylvania as a reporter and editor for 12 years before joining the College of Communications faculty at Pennsylvania State University in 1998. He teaches news writing, feature writing, column writing, news media ethics and the literature of journalism. There’s no question that we humans are deeply curious about those who commit crimes. Our movies, television shows, video games and media coverage all reflect it, but can stoking this fascination cause harm? Should the media think twice about how they portray mass shooters? Professor Russell Frank explains. Not Caring what Other People think is your Superpower (1:11:16) Edward Latimore, professional boxer, author, motivational speaker, member of the national guard and pursuing a physics degree. In this day and age of Instagram models and face filters, many live in constant state of checking their followers and showing off. Wha...