Research
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WHO Preventing Suicide: A Resource For Media Professionals
Foreword Suicide is a serious global public health problem that demands our attention but preventing suicide is no easy task. Current research indicates that the prevention of suicide, while feasible, involves a whole…
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PRINTQUAL – A Measure for Assessing the Quality of Newspaper Reporting of Suicide
Crisis The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Abstract Background: Many studies have demonstrated a relationship between newspaper reporting of actual or fi ctional suicides and subsequent suicidal behaviors. Previous measures of…
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Newspaper Reporting on a Cluster of Suicides in the UK
Crisis The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention A Study of Article Characteristics Using PRINTQUAL Abstract Background: Media reporting may influence suicide clusters through imitation or contagion. In 2008 there was extensive…
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Recommendations for Blogging on Suicide
Introduction The following is meant to assist bloggers in blogging about suicide safely, maximize the effectiveness of the communications and reduce the risk of harmful effects of unsafe messaging on suicide. The information…
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Ethical Reporting of Sensitive Topics
Ethical Reporting of Sensitive Topics explores the underlying complexities that journalists may face when covering difficult news stories. Reporting on issues such as suicide, sexual abuse, or migration is a skill that is often…
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The Bridgend Suicides: Suicide and the Media
View an excerpt of the book here: The Bridgend Suicides: How the story unfolded