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Section 20
Shooters and the Virality Model

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- Office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James. (October 18, 2022). Investigative Report on the role of online platforms in the tragic mass shooting in Buffalo on May 14, 2022. Office of the New York State Attorney General Letitia James, 17-22.
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Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Brady, W. J., Gantman, A. P., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2020). Attentional capture helps explain why moral and emotional content go viral. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 149(4), 746–756.

Kinnvall, C., & Capelos, T. (2021). The psychology of extremist identification: An introduction [Editorial]. European Psychologist, 26(1), 1–5.

Shortland, N., & McGarry, P. (2022). The personality and propaganda puzzle: Exploring the effect of personality on exposure to extremist content online. Psychology of Violence, 12(1), 1–10.

QUESTION 20
Through forums which allow postings packaging white supremacy, xenophobia, and racism in a medley of crude jokes, coded cultural references, and meaningless content, what are users enabled to do? To select and enter your answer go to Test.


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