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The Rise of the Media in the United States
i think social contagion theory has had a really prominent role in our history violence. i acually don't think it would have been possible to end the wave of dynamiting if you had a perpetual, viral, sensationalized news media that profited directly from trying to get as many people to be afraid of it every time it happened. In 19 72, the total number of aircraft high jacking attempts of foreign boarded planes piqued at more than 60 and researchers found that the best predictor for high jacking was a prior high jacking that was well publicized and broadly perceived to be successful. So this is really critical stuff when you understand how powerful and contagious certain ideas are. When you
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