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The Columbine Shootings and the Discourse of Fear

David L. Altheide

Arizona State University, Tempe

The tragic events on April 20, 1999, in Littleton, Colorado, provide an opportunity to reflect on the nature and consequences of not just the shootings but also the meanings that were ascribed to various facets of those events, including an emergent definition of the "Columbine Syndrome." Based on a qualitative media analysis, this article examines part of the public presentations and news accounts of the "meanings of Columbine," with particular emphasis on violence, crime, youth, popular culture, surveillance, social control, and terrorism. Analysis suggests that Columbine was merged with terrorism as part of the broader frame of fear and national security.

Key Words: school shootings • fear • terrorism • propaganda • social control

American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 52, No. 10, 1354-1370 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0002764209332552
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