This paper develops the theory of the social contagion of violence by proposing a four-part analytical framework that focuses on: (1) contagious narratives and the accompanying behavioural script about the use of violence as a response to those narratives; (2) population susceptibility to these narratives, in particular the role of worldviews and the underlying emotional landscape; (3) mechanisms of transmission, including physical and online social networks, public displays of violence and participation in violence; and (4) the role of contagion entrepreneurs. It argues that a similar four-part approach can be used to identify and imagine possibilities of counter-contagion. The application of the theory is illustrated through examination of the recent epidemic of violence against individuals accused of practising sorcery in the Enga province of Papua New Guinea, a place where such violence is a very new phenomenon.

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暴力的传染：叙事、世界观、传播机制和传染企业家的作用

本文提出了一个由四部分组成的分析框架，发展了暴力的社会传染理论，该框架侧重于：（1）传染性叙事和随附的关于使用暴力作为对这些叙事的回应的行为脚本；(2) 人口对这些叙述的敏感性，特别是世界观和潜在情感景观的作用；(3) 传播机制，包括实体和在线社交网络、公开展示暴力和参与暴力；（4）传染性企业家的作用。它认为可以使用类似的四部分方法来识别和想象反传染的可能性。