article_snippet.sent: A similar copy-cat effect had been observed with the phenomenon of school mass shootings, said Kruglanski.
article_snippet.sent: Once the idea is planted then when someone is upset, feeling violent, the idea of getting a gun and shooting up a school comes more readily to mind, because it's sitting there in our unconscious," someone said.
article_snippet.sent: But reports of such cases have been frequently making the headlines.
article_snippet.sent: Roderic Broadhurst, a professor of crime, policing, security and justice at the Australian National University said the ISIS beheadings may have shown those engaging in attention-seeking threats of violence a sure way to get noticed.
article_snippet.sent: An awareness of what really shocks and gets 'news' is clearly on show," Roderic Broadhurst, a professor of crime, policing, security and justice at the Australian National University said.
article_snippet.sent: Ultimately, our're talking about contributing to the brutalization of interpersonal and inter-group conflict all over the planet," Roderic Broadhurst, a professor of crime, policing, security and justice at the Australian National University said.
article_snippet.sent: Justin Hastings, a senior lecturer in international relations and comparative politics at the Australian National University, said that while ISIS beheadings "might inspire some people to prefer that particular way to kill people as opposed to others," Roderic Broadhurst, a professor of crime, policing, security and justice at the Australian National University believed it would eventually fall out of favor.
highlights_snippet.sent: Professor Arie W. Kruglanski says exposure to the videos could help "prime" some to emulate exposure to the videos .