Witness to Murder

Some MC101 students post videos of their new car or their graduation ceremony or their vacation. But a few take things much farther by making sure a body camera is rolling while they maim or kill. Is this an instance where mass media filtering of what we see is a good thing? NPR reports.

Questions...

•Why do a few people record their violent acts? What do they get out of it?

•Do violent videos encourage further acts of violence? How else might the audience react to these videos?

•Most reputable news organizations did not show the video recorded by the killer of two TV journalists. Were they right do that, or were they wrong? Why?

•What limits, if any, should YouTube and other online video platform have on violent videos?