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Expressive violence: the performative effects of subversive participatory media uses
Les effets performatifs des usages subversifs des médias participatifs dans la violence expressive
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Abstract This article discusses the communication strategies employed by 8 school shooters who used participatory media to frame their acts as well as their identity. By resorting to content analysis of 78 self-produced videos and 101 portraits, the
findings show how audiovisual communication can be used to... view more
This article discusses the communication strategies employed by 8 school shooters who used participatory media to frame their acts as well as their identity. By resorting to content analysis of 78 self-produced videos and 101 portraits, the
findings show how audiovisual communication can be used to trigger the performative aspects of cultural scripts of contemporary forms of expressive violence and thus institutionalize a social movement (i.e. school shooting subculture). These proceedings produce association to a subversive movement, providing a political connotation to the act and a renewed positive identity.... view less
Keywords
pupil; violent crime; self-presentation; video; audiovisual media; Internet; violence; mediatization; subculture; identity; social recognition; psychosocial disorder
Classification
Interactive, electronic Media
Social Problems
Sociology of Communication, Sociology of Language, Sociolinguistics
Free Keywords
expressive violence; school shooting; participatory media; performativity
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 231-256
Journal
ESSACHESS - Journal for Communication Studies, 8 (2015) 1
Issue topic
Symbolic Communication
ISSN
1775-352X
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed