Is it Terrorism: Public Perceptions, Media, and Labeling the Las Vegas Shooting

• In Event: Media, Terrorism, and Counterterrorism

Brief Overview

Using a national sample of Americans a few weeks after the 2017 Las Vegas attack, we create profiles to predict who will be more or less likely to describe the attack as terrorism and what influences these decisions.

Authors

• Erin M. Kearns, University of Alabama

• Matthew Dolliver, University of Alabama