Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Loren Coleman is the author of The Copycat Effect: How the Media and Popular Culture Trigger the Mayhem in Tomorrow’s Headlines. Tonight he joins us to discuss his work on copycateffect.blogspot.com and his latest article on the Aurora/Joker/Shooting meme that is being played up in the media right now, and how that coverage is increasing the possibility of future copycats.