Editing Bomb threat (section)

===Society===
Bomb threats are likely influenced by the power of suggestion and mass media, with threats likely to be made against targets with recent media coverage. Analysis suggests bomb threats against nuclear energy facilities tend to follow greater publicity of nuclear power problems.<ref name=":10" /> In the 6 months after the 1999 [[Columbine High School massacre]], there were a reported 5,000 bomb threats made against schools, with hundreds more made every year.<ref name=":1" /> Before 1999, there were roughly 1 to 2 threats a year, but by May 1999 a Gallup poll showed one fifth of teenage students experiencing a bomb threat evacuation.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Kostinsky | first1 = S | last2 = Bixler | first2 = EO | last3 = Kettl | first3 = PA | year = 2001 | title = Threats of School Violence in Pennsylvania After Media Coverage of the Columbine High School Massacre: Examining the Role of Imitation | url = https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/190989 | journal = Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med | volume = 155 | issue = 9| pages = 994–1001 | doi = 10.1001/archpedi.155.9.994 | pmid = 11529800 | doi-access =  | url-access = subscription }}</ref> Because of copycat trends, some schools are moving toward policies of immediate criminal action against students caught making such threats, regardless of motivation.<ref name=":1" /> In addition, the FBI has created a campaign, namely “#ThinkBeforeYouPost”, and warns students not to post or send any threats against a school online.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hoax Threats are Crimes |url=https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/hoax-threats-awareness-100518 |website=Federal Bureau of Investigation |language=en-us}}</ref>