Serial Killer Content Not Aggression

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Why crime content is popular: Exploring cognitive and emotional motives

Summary

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84% Informative

Sociologists from HSE University conducted interviews to study motives driving Russian youth to consume crime content.

The study identified two types of motives driving the consumption of content about serial killers: cognitive and emotional.

Cognitive motives involve a desire to understand the motives of criminals, linking their actions to childhood trauma, psychological problems, and other factors.

VR Score

Informative language

Neutral language

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful