How Do Recommended Elements in Suicide News Coverage Work? An Investigation of the Effect of Responsible Reporting and Readers’ Reflectiveness on Suicide Prevention
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21616738 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Youngkee Ju (0000-0001-8228-4825, The Media School, Hallym University), Sebastian Scherr (0000-0003-4730-1575, University of Augsburg), Michael Prieler (0000-0002-7851-8016, The Media School, Hallym University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1899-1905 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1041-0236 • E-ISSN: 1532-7027 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10410236.2023.2247154 |
| PMID | 37599263 |
| OpenAlex | W4386012305 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 31 |
To examine the effect of positive elements in suicide reporting guidelines, we assessed how responsible reporting on suicide (RRS) affect cognitive and intentional responses. We also investigated the moderating role of audience reflectiveness in news processing. Here, 308 individuals participated in a single-factor between-subject experiment conducted in South Korea. We manipulated the number of positive RRS features in news articles by adding suicide statistics, contact information for helplines, and efficacy-enforcing information. Overall, news articles containing multiple RRS elements had a stronger impact on behavioral intentions to help others in a suicidal crisis than a basic news article without RRS elements. Interestingly, reflectiveness had a stronger influence on individuals who read a suicide news report having the most RRS elements relative to those who read suicide news without any RRS elements, signifying an indirect impact of suicide news on intentions to help. The implications of this RRS effect identified are discussed in terms of suicide prevention
Environmental health · Media coverage · Poison control · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
Association between suicide reporting in the media and suicide
Intention-to-treat concept
Suicide Prevention Strategies
Role of media reports in completed and prevented suicide
The measurement of pessimism
On Happiness and Human Potentials
The Impact of Knowledge of Suicide Prevention and Work Experience among Clinical Staff on Attitudes towards Working with Suicidal Patients and Suicide Prevention
Fidelity assessment of the suicide reporting guidelines in Korean newspapers
Media guidelines and suicide
Newspaper reporting of suicides in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Guangzhou
Media coverage as a risk factor in suicide
Emotion in aesthetics
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |