 Social scientist and author Loren Coleman, has written in some detail in his same-named copycat effect blog and been extensively quoted by the media regarding the impact that the wall-to-wall coverage had in framing Cho's attack, and in the copycats in its wake.There was extensive coverage of the Virginia Tech shooting and its aftermath in countries throughout the world, with many stations and papers sending journalists to Blacksburg to cover the massacre.Dozens of newspapers around the world placed the story on the front page.