The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as tipping point

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Table 1. Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting massacre: defining features

1) Sandy Hook Rampage Shooting: Rare and Extreme Event

2) Public Identification with Newtown, Connecticut

3) Involvement from Influence Leaders at the Highest Levels

4) Pervasive Psychological Impact in Relation to Levels of Exposure

5) Extensive Media Exposure and Media Framing of Sandy Hook

6) Proliferation of Social Media Communications

Figure 1. Population Exposure Model.^31,32

Figure 2. Relevant Twitter hash tags related to the word “gun” for the month of December 2012.

Figure 3. Tweets from December 13, 2012–February 20, 2013. “School Shooting,” “Gun,” “Newtown.” Non-media only.

Figure 4. Twitter coverage: 09/2012–02/2013. “School Shooting,” “Gun,” “Mental Health.”

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