Experts React: The Impact of Columbine Pictures
1 / 20 2 / 20 3 / 20 4 / 20 5 / 20 6 / 20 7 / 20 8 / 20 9 / 20 10 / 20 11 / 20 12 / 20 13 / 20 14 / 20 15 / 20 16 / 20 17 / 20 18 / 20 19 / 20 20 / 20 ❮ ❯ When Columbine occurred, hundreds of news outlets essentially victimized the murderers; they were bad boys and loners. Nobody knows why they did it, and so they were mythicized by almost everyone; the infamous “Basement Tapes“ pulled further intrigue. The images associated with the Columbine shooting have had a lasting impact on visual culture . These images, whether intentionally or unintentionally, have shaped perceptions of school shootings, influencing subsequent media representations of similar events. What we didn’t know in 1999 was that by fixating on the names and images and stories of the Columbine killers, we were, in fact, helping to birth new murderers: Since April 20, 1999, more than 40 perpetrators have directly cited Columbine as influencing their actions (see “Violent Lineage”). What was the legacy of the massacre? The New York Times reports that the impact of the shooting at Columbine was unlike anything seen in the US previously. Twenty years after the Columbine shooting, American school buildings have become more secure, but experts and parents say schools are not actually safer than they were on April 20, 1999. How do we judge pictures that take us closer to the grief and shock of people whose lives are directly touched by violence? Photographs convey the emotion of a tragedy, but the images may serve to wound as well as to heal. Such was the case with news photos used after the Columbine shootings in April 1999. Twenty years ago when two students opened fire inside Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, a mass murder at a school carried out by students was not something the country or the media. Anderson’s research, including his development of the General Aggression Model (GAM), has helped frame discussions surrounding violent video games’ influence. The model outlines how repeated. The images of Columbine have become an indelible part of American history, capturing the complexities of a national tragedy and sparking widespread conversation on violence, media representation,. ...