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Does The Media Exaggerate Local Reaction To Events Such As In Plymouth?
Like when they say the 'community is in shock' and are 'trying to come to terms with what has happened' and 'councilling is available for those struggling to come to terms with it'. I can understand relatives and close friends of the victims being in shock but for the rest of the community, it's just a topic of gossip.
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Its a cultural thing to a certain extent.
My family and community many years ago kept their grief and feelings under wraps. The famous British stiff upper lip.
Nowadays it seems to me that too many people, no matter how far removed from the event in question, literally queue up to give their opinion and visually demonstrate their pseudo shock and grief.
My family and community many years ago kept their grief and feelings under wraps. The famous British stiff upper lip.
Nowadays it seems to me that too many people, no matter how far removed from the event in question, literally queue up to give their opinion and visually demonstrate their pseudo shock and grief.
The whole point of the media is to exaggerate - you'll never see a headline that states ' Neighbourhood slightly upset by multiple shootings'.
When an ordinary day in your location suddenly becomes a scene like the one yesterday of course people are stunned and shocked - they look at their own children and family and shudder at the thought.
99% of them do that behind closed doors, only a small few speak to the press.
When an ordinary day in your location suddenly becomes a scene like the one yesterday of course people are stunned and shocked - they look at their own children and family and shudder at the thought.
99% of them do that behind closed doors, only a small few speak to the press.
Does the community experience shock?: of course it does
1 even if you are not family or close friend you are likely to know someone who has been more directly affected
2 if you live locally you will have been affected by the uncertainty and resulting fear when an incident has been declared but details are still sketchy
3 your sense of safety and certainty where you live will have been seriously undermined
1 even if you are not family or close friend you are likely to know someone who has been more directly affected
2 if you live locally you will have been affected by the uncertainty and resulting fear when an incident has been declared but details are still sketchy
3 your sense of safety and certainty where you live will have been seriously undermined
Pastafreak posted of her alarm at the shootings
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do you think she was exaggerating? Making it me me me?
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do you think she was exaggerating? Making it me me me?
I've been in tears over it several times today...and have wondered if my reaction would be so strong if the same had happened in London or up north somewhere. I somehow suspect not. The closer an event is, the greater our feeling of vulnerability I think. There's also the knowledge that we may have seen these people in city centre shops...the ones many of us travel to from our outlying communities. The bus line I'm on goes to the area of the shootings.
I even cried when my brother sent me a link of the coverage by CNN
I even cried when my brother sent me a link of the coverage by CNN
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