Attitudes to identifying mass shooters in media coverage U.S. 2019
A survey held in the United States in August 2019 revealed that 45 percent of respondents supported mass shooters being named or identified in media coverage, believing this to be relevant information that should be shared with and available to the public. Conversely, 35 percent felt that identifying the perpetrator of such a crime is a form of glorification and would prefer the media to stop reporting on the individual who committed the act.