M.A. Everett’s scientific contributions

... A society that can overcome past prejudices and teach children to celebrate diversity of ethnicity, gender, sexual choice, and religion, also has the capacity to acknowledge and teach children behavioral tolerance. The attitudes of parents, other adults, and peers comprising victims' support systems and framing their own feelings of self-efficacy are decidedly affected by media framing (Milne, Labrecque & Cromer, 2009;Orbe & Everett, 2006). Attitudes set up behavior and can reinforce or breakdown the victim's essential links to the resources they need to develop the necessary skills to correctly respond to bullying or behaviors of concern that can lead to school shootings or other forms of school violence (Milne et al.). ...

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Media's Contribution to Cultural Misconceptions: An Evolution of Public Response to Bullying and Gun Violence in Schools