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Mark Granovetter's work profiled in Malcolm Gladwell's latest piece in The New Yorker
Mark Granovetter's well-known theory on riots is profiled in Malcolm Gladwell's latest piece in The New Yorker. The article is also highlighted in NPR's Morning Edition.
How School Shootings Spread
An increasingly ritualized form of violence is attracting unexpected perpetrators.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/19/thresholds-of-violence
How Riots May Help Us Understand School Shooters
In his new article, The New Yorker's Malcolm Gladwell uses a well-known theory to contrast early school shooters back in the 1990s with shooters today.
http://www.npr.org/2015/10/13/448182623/how-riots-may-help-us-understand-school-shooters