Watch: Navigating Social Media After Mass Shootings

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Buffalo, New York. Uvalde, Texas. Highland Park, Illinois. Graphic imagery and news about the recent string of mass shootings has ricocheted across social media, and professor Desmond Patton shares advice on how to navigate it. Earlier this year, Patton, the Brian and Randi Schwartz university professor at the University of Pennsylvania, spoke with Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony about the wrapping of caskets in colorful images to pay tribute to young lives lost to trauma and violence.

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<h1>Watch: Navigating Social Media After Mass Shootings</h1>
<div>	<span class="byline">Hannah Norman</span>
		<time class="posted-on" datetime="2022-07-28T02:00:00-07:00">
			July 28, 2022		</time>
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<p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/Transcript_Spotlight_Desmond_Patton.pdf"><em>Click here for a transcript of the interview.</em></a></p><p>Buffalo, New York. Uvalde, Texas. Highland Park, Illinois. Graphic imagery and news about the recent string of mass shootings has ricocheted across social media, and professor <a href="https://www.sp2.upenn.edu/person/desmond-upton-patton/">Desmond Patton</a> shares advice on how to navigate it. Earlier this year, Patton, the Brian and Randi Schwartz university professor at the University of Pennsylvania, <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/custom-caskets-for-kids-look-like-something-you-would-see-in-a-childs-room/">spoke with</a> Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony about the wrapping of caskets in colorful images to pay tribute to young lives lost to trauma and violence. </p><p>This video is part of KHN’s new “Spotlight” interview series, which aims to amplify the voices of health experts, patients, and really anyone interacting with the U.S. health care system.</p><ul><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/watch-navigating-social-media-after-mass-shootings/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/watch-navigating-social-media-after-mass-shootings/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/watch-navigating-social-media-after-mass-shootings/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Watch%3A%20Navigating%20Social%20Media%20After%20Mass%20Shootings&body=https%3A%2F%2Fcaliforniahealthline.org%2FNDI0Mzc0&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/watch-navigating-social-media-after-mass-shootings/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/watch-navigating-social-media-after-mass-shootings/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p>

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