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"In what appears to be a tragic accident, actor Alec Baldwin shot dead a
cinematographer on Oct 21, 2021, while discharging a prop gun on set in New
Mexico.
It is too early to speculate what went wrong during the filming of the Western
movie “Rust.” But the incident, in which the film’s director was also injured,
highlights a simple fact: Guns are commonplace in Hollywood films.
As scholars of mass communication and risk behavior, we have studied the
growing prevalence of firearms on screen and believe that the more guns there
are in movies, the more likely it is that a shooting will occur – both in the
“reel” world and in the “real” world.
Gun violence in Hollywood movies has increased dramatically over time,
especially in movies accessible to teens. Indeed, our research shows that acts
of gun violence in PG-13 movies nearly tripled over the 30 years between 1985
(the year after the rating was introduced) and 2015. Similar trends have been
observed in popular TV dramas, with the rate of gun violence depicted in prime
time dramas doubling between 2000 and 2018."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
