In 2007, a school shooting at a university of such magnitude shocked the world. Now, this seems sadly routine. When Cho opened fire on the Virginia Tech campus, the community reeled and the news media descended on the college town of Blacksburg, Virginia. Shortly thereafter, Dr. Timothy Luke, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech, and founding editor of Fast Capitalism, Dr. Ben Agger, decided to put together a special issue of Fast Capitalism on the massacre. Please revisit Issue 3.1 at this 12 year anniversary.
SPECIAL ISSUE ON VIRGINIA TECH
To: Multiple Recipients: ‘There is a Gunman on Campus’ Timothy W. Luke | |
| Mediated Ritual on Academic Ground Neal King | |
A Hokies’ Lament: American Social Psychosis and the Virginia Tech Killings Stephen Pfohl | |
All the Rage: Digital Bodies and Deadly Play in the Age of the Suicide Bomber Carolyn Guertin | |
Satire, Guns, and Humans: Lessons from the Nacirema Steve Kroll-Smith and Gwen Hunnicutt | |
| Media Spectacle and the “Massacre at Virginia Tech” Douglas Kellner | |
| Baudrillard (1929-2007) & Mao: The History of Normal Violence Charles Lemert | |
| Colonization and Massacres: Virginia Tech and Jamestown Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz | |
| Cho, Not Che?: Positioning Blacksburg In the Political Ben Agger |