bowling for columbine and criminology
... As seen in Bowling for Columbine, the media played on the fear of society, drumming up all the worst possible scenarios and worst possible outcomes for the students and people involved in the shooting in Columbine. Even when the tragedy at Columbine was over, the media kept playing on the fear of society by depicting children, and young adults as the new age criminals in society. ... In Bowling for Columbine the public opinions after the shooting in Columbine, was to tighten security in school, and to deal with those individuals who were at risk for repeating the Columbine massacre. ... This can be seen when in Bowling For Columbine they show the crime statistics on the amount of people killed by firearms each year in the United States.