The relationship between media reporting of suicide and actual suicide in Australia
The relationship between media reporting of suicide and actual suicide in Australia
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.11.033
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发表时间：
2006-06-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Jolley, Damien J.
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作者：
Pirkis, Jane E.;Burgess, Philip M.;Jolley, Damien J.
本研究旨在确定有关自杀的媒体内容是否与实际自杀率的差异性增加有关。提供了 2000 年 3 月至 2001 年 2 月间澳大利亚报纸、广播电视新闻和时事节目中出现的 4635 条与自杀相关的报道的数据。这些数据与同一时期发生的自杀事件的全国数据相结合，具体过程包括确定媒体报道的日期和地理覆盖范围，并确定报道前后选定几周内同一地点发生的自杀人数。进行回归分析以确定物品后自杀增加的可能性是否可以通过特定物品特征来解释。我们发现，39% 的媒体报道显示男性自杀率增加，31% 的媒体报道显示女性自杀率增加。如果媒体项目发生在多个其他自杀报道的背景下（相对于单独发生），如果它们在电视上播出（相对于其他媒体），并且如果它们是关于完成的自杀（相对于自杀未遂或自杀意念），那么媒体项目更有可能与男性和女性自杀率的增加相关。不同的项目内容似乎对男性和女性有影响，男性自杀的增加与个人自杀经历和观点文章相关，而女性自杀的增加与集体自杀或谋杀自杀的项目相关。物品的显着性和质量与男性或女性自杀率的增加没有差异相关。需要对这个主题进行进一步的研究，但同时需要对自杀新闻的报道方式保持警惕。心理健康专业人士和自杀专家应与媒体专业人士合作，努力平衡“公共利益”与伤害风险。 (c) 2005 年，爱思唯尔有限公司出版。
This study aimed to determine whether media items about suicide were associated with differential increases in actual suicides. Data were available on 4635 suicide-related items appearing in Australian newspapers and on radio and television news and current affairs shows between March 2000 and February 2001. These data were combined with national data on completed suicides occurring during the same period, by a process that involved identifying the date and geographical reach of the media items and determining the number of suicides occurring in the same location in selected weeks pre- and post-item. Regression analyses were conducted to determine whether the likelihood of an increase in post-item suicides could be explained by particular item characteristics. We found that 39% of media items were followed by an increase in mate suicides, and 31% by an increase in female suicides. Media items were more likely to be associated with increases in both male and female suicides if they occurred in the context of multiple other reports on suicide (versus occurring in isolation), if they were broadcast on television (versus other media), and if they were about completed suicide (versus attempted suicide or suicidal ideation). Different item content appeared to be influential for males and females, with an increase in male suicides being associated with items about an individual's experience of suicide and opinion pieces, and an increase in female suicides being associated with items about mass- or murder-suicide. Item prominence and quality were not differentially associated with increases in male or female suicides. Further research on this topic is required, but in the meantime there is a need to remain vigilant about how suicide news is reported. Mental health professionals and suicide experts should collaborate with media professionals to try to balance 'public interest' against the risk of harm. (c) 2005 Published by Elsevier Ltd.