Tracking National Attention toward Mass Shootings with Google Trends Data

Many often lament that attention toward mass shootings and subsequent debate they engender is fleeting. In a matter of a week, if not days, national discussion about the tragedy itself as well as measures to prevent future ones (largely centered around gun control) quickly evaporate. However, with the most recent mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, there does seem to be evidence of a different trajectory. CONT.

Alexander Agadjanian