Suicide and suggestibility--the role of the press.
Suicide and suggestibility--the role of the press.
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自杀和暗示——媒体的作用。
DOI：
10.1176/ajp.124.2.252
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发表时间：
1967
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通讯作者：
J. Motto
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作者：
J. Motto
报纸对自杀行为的报道会促使受暗示的读者自杀，这一说法受到了检验。将七个主要城市报纸完全停止出版期间的自杀率与每个城市前五年相同日历期间的平均自杀率进行了比较。符号检验和符号秩检验显示实验期间没有显着变化。在一个地区（瓦胡岛），人们注意到与所测试的假设相反的方向发生了重大变化。作者同意其他考虑过这个问题的人的观点，即报纸可能对读者产生的任何有害影响更多地源于隐含和表达的态度和价值体系，而不是新闻内容。
The assertion that newspaper reporting of suicidal behavior precipitates suicide among suggestible readers was examined. The rates of suicide during periods of complete cessation of newspaper publishing in seven major cities were compared with the mean rates for the same calendar periods of the prior five years in each city. The sign test and signed-rank test revealed no significant change during the experimental periods. In one area (the island of Oahu) a significant change was noted in the direction contrary to the hypothesis tested. The author agrees with others who have considered this question that whatever deleterious effect newspapers may exert on their readers stems more from the implied and expressed attitudes and value system than from news content.