The relationship between media reporting of suicide and actual suicide in Australia

2006 ◽  
Vol 62 (11) ◽  
pp. 2874-2886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane E. Pirkis ◽  
Philip M. Burgess ◽  
Catherine Francis ◽  
R. Warwick Blood ◽  
Damien J. Jolley
Keyword(s):  
Media Reporting ◽  
Actual Suicide ◽  
The Relationship

Suicide and the Media

Crisis ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 146-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Pirkis ◽  
R. Warwick Blood
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Consistency Strength ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
Media Portrayal ◽  
The Media ◽  
Actual Suicide ◽  
The Given ◽  
The Relationship

Summary: Numerous studies have considered the association between media reporting and portrayal of suicide and actual suicidal behavior or ideation. This review considered 42 studies that have examined the nonfiction media (newspapers, television, and books). Consideration was given to the extent to which inferences could be made about the relationship between portrayal of suicide in the given media and actual suicidal behavior in terms of: the strength of its association; and the extent to which it could be considered causal. The review demonstrated that there is an association between nonfictional media portrayal of suicide and actual suicide. The association satisfies sufficient of the criteria of consistency, strength, temporality, specificity and coherence for it to be deemed causal.

The Relationship Between Suicide-Related Twitter Events and Suicides in Ontario From 2015 to 2016

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Mark Sinyor ◽  
Marissa Williams ◽  
Rabia Zaheer ◽  
Raisa Loureiro ◽  
Jane Pirkis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Physician Assisted Suicide ◽  
Canadian Province ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
Potential Relationship ◽  
Comprehensive Examination ◽  
Control Window ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. Background: Many studies have demonstrated suicide contagion through mainstream journalism; however, few have explored suicide-related social media events and their potential relationship to suicide deaths. Aims: To determine whether Twitter events were associated with changes in subsequent suicides. Methods: Suicide-related Twitter events that garnered at least 100 tweets originating in Ontario, Canada (July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016) were identified and characterized as putatively "harmful" or "innocuous" based on recommendations for responsible media reporting. The number of suicides in Ontario during the peak of each Twitter event and the subsequent 6 days ("exposure window") was compared with suicides occurring during a pre-event period of the same length ("control window"). Results: There were 17 suicide-related Twitter events during the period of study (12 putatively harmful and five putatively innocuous). The number of tweets per event ranged from 121 for "physician-assisted suicide law in Quebec" to 6,202 for the "Attawapiskat suicide crisis." No significant relationship was detected between Twitter events and actual suicides. Notably, a comprehensive examination of the details of Twitter events showed that even the putatively harmful events lacked many of the characteristics commonly associated with contagion. Limitations: This was an uncontrolled experiment in only one epoch and a single Canadian province. Discussion: This study found no evidence of suicide contagion associated with Twitter events. This finding must be interpreted with caution given the relatively innocuous content of suicide-related Tweets in Ontario during 2015–2016.

scholarly journals The Geosemiotics of Tahrir Square: A study of the relationship between discourse and space

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 599-622 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Production Of Space ◽  
Egyptian Revolution ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
The World ◽  
Tahrir Square ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Revolution

The year 2011 saw unprecedented waves of people occupying key locations around the world in a statement of public discontent. In Egypt, the protests which took place between 25 January and 11 February 2011 culminating in the ouster of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak have now come to be known as the Egyptian Revolution. Media reporting of the revolution often portrayed it as a ‘spectacle’ playing out on the stage of Tahrir Square which was dubbed ‘the symbolic heart of the Egyptian revolution’. Tahrir Square quickly became a space serving various functions and layered with an array of meanings. This paper explores the relationship between the discourse of protest messages and the space of Tahrir Square during the January 25 revolution, demonstrating how the two were mutually reinforcing. The messages are drawn from a corpus of approximately 2000 protest messages captured in Tahrir Square between 25 January and 11 February 2011. The analysis is presented in the form of six conceptualising frames for the space of Tahrir Square which take into account both its geographical and social context. The conceptualisation draws from the field of geosemiotics, which posits that all discourses are ‘situated’ both in space and time (Scollon & Scollon 2003), and on the Lefebvrian principles of the production of space which provide a useful framework for interpreting urban space (Lefebvre 1991). Keywords: Linguistic landscapes; geosemiotics; discourse and space; Tahrir Square; January 25 revolution

scholarly journals NEOLIBERALISM AND RECONFIGURATION OF THE DIASPORA IN CONTEMPORARY INDONESIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Inditian Latifa
Keyword(s):  
Home Country ◽  
Social Constructionist ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
Promotional Materials ◽  
State Regime ◽  
Kinship Ties ◽  
Diasporic Identities ◽  
The Relationship

<p>In most studies on globalization and transnationalism, diaspora is positioned in a conflicting and antagonistic relationship with the nation-state regime. Nevertheless, the global ascendancy of neoliberalism as a market-based mode of governing populations has brought certain changes to the relationship between the diaspora and home countries which call for further research. This essay investigates the implications of neoliberalism for diasporic kinship ties by examining emergent discourses in contemporary Indonesia that constitute an elite-led project on diasporas known as the Indonesian Diaspora Network (IDN) Global. Based on a social constructionist analysis of data gathered from activities, media reporting, and promotional materials associated with IDN Global, this essay argues that neoliberal reconfigurations of Indonesian diasporic identities manifest in two ways: unequal representation between manual workers and professionals and change of rhetoric on kinship ties as a strategic asset. Such findings reveal a more complicated and calculative relationship between the Indonesian diaspora and the Indonesian home country that complicate the valorization of diaspora against national regimes.</p><p> </p>

scholarly journals China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): International Media Reporting and Legal Validity of Gilgit-Baltistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Asif ◽  
Yang Bo Ling
Keyword(s):  
International News ◽  
Initial Value ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
International Media ◽  
News Reporting ◽  
Energy Projects ◽  
The World ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Gilgit Baltistan ◽  
The Relationship

New Silk Road Initiative is known as Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an initiative which connect the China to the world for establish a free trade zone. China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is one of the mega project of BRI that strengthen the relationship between Pakistan and China. It was started with the initial value of $46 billion for the development of transportation, infrastructure, and energy projects in Pakistan which has reached to $62 billion now. CPEC projects are going to open a new door of progress in Pakistan and also getting an attention of international media to highlight the opportunities and challenges of these ongoing projects. The aim of this study is to observe the international media reporting about the CPEC by examining the international news which was reported in the following international newspapers regarding CPEC, such as Dawn News (Pakistan), Global Times (China), Times of India (India) and BBC News (UK). News reported from January 2018 to June 2018 has the part of my study and tried to find out that the way of international media to shatter the news and what are the differences and similarities among the news reporting. The study has also discussed and clarified the legal territorial right of the regions of the CPEC, especially the Gilgit-Baltistan.

scholarly journals How the Croatian Daily Press Presents Science News

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-112
Author(s):  
Adrijana Šuljok ◽  
Marija Brajdić Vuković
Keyword(s):  
Developed Countries ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
The Public ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
Daily Press ◽  
Science News ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship

Research into media representations of science is widespread and well-established in scientifically and technologically highly developed countries. However, very little is known about the characteristics of media reporting of science in transition countries, which are only just beginning to recognize the importance of research into the relationship between science, the media and the public. In this study, using content analysis of the daily newspapers with the largest circulations in Croatia (Jutarnji list and Večernji list) we researched the quantity and quality of media reporting of science. We link them to the characteristics of the Croatian media (tabloidization, the erosion of professional criteria) and the wider social context from which they stem. Our findings have shown poor representation of science news in the daily press as well as a low level of trustworthiness, especially in reporting biomedical news.

The geosemiotics of tahrir square

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 599-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariam Aboelezz
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Production Of Space ◽  
Egyptian Revolution ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
The World ◽  
Tahrir Square ◽  
The Relationship

The year 2011 saw unprecedented waves of people occupying key locations around the world in a statement of public discontent. In Egypt, the protests which took place between 25 January and 11 February 2011 culminating in the ouster of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak have now come to be known as the Egyptian Revolution. Media reporting of the revolution often portrayed it as a ‘spectacle’ playing out on the stage of Tahrir Square which was dubbed ‘the symbolic heart of the Egyptian revolution’. Tahrir Square quickly became a space serving various functions and layered with an array of meanings. This paper explores the relationship between the discourse of protest messages and the space of Tahrir Square during the January 25 revolution, demonstrating how the two were mutually reinforcing. The messages are drawn from a corpus of approximately 2000 protest messages captured in Tahrir Square between 25 January and 11 February 2011. The analysis is presented in the form of six conceptualising frames for the space of Tahrir Square which take into account both its geographical and social context. The conceptualisation draws from the field of geosemiotics, which posits that all discourses are ‘situated’ both in space and time (Scollon & Scollon 2003), and on the Lefebvrian principles of the production of space which provide a useful framework for interpreting urban space (Lefebvre 1991).

scholarly journals The Werther Effect, the Papageno Effect or No Effect? A Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2396
Author(s):  
Jan Domaradzki
Keyword(s):  
Protective Factor ◽  
Television News ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
Werther Effect ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
The Media ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This paper examines the association between media reporting on suicides and the subsequent suicides. Scientific papers from two online bibliographic sources Medline (PubMed) and PsycINFO were searched. The sample included 108 research papers examining the impact of different types of media stories on suicides. The review revealed that although the media can be a double-edged sword and serve both as a risk and a protective factor, the vast majority of research suggests that the relationship between the media reporting and the actual suicide rates is causal and real. Moreover, both the quantity and the quality of media reporting may trigger additional suicides in society. Simultaneously, research suggests that especially non-fictional presentations of celebrities’ suicides in newspapers and on television news have the biggest influence on the subsequent suicides. Additionally, a strong modelling effect of media reporting on suicide is based on nationality, age, and gender. However, research shows that because a negative reporting style can be modifiable and improved, the media can also have an educative or preventive effect and can reduce the risk of contagion. Consequently, it is important to monitor the implementation of media recommendations for the reporting of suicide, and continuous education of reporters is needed.

Interstellar gas in the central region of the Galaxy

1967 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 239-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Kerr
Keyword(s):  
Central Region ◽  
Galactic Plane ◽  
Neutral Hydrogen ◽  
Continuum Emission ◽  
Galactic Centre ◽  
Interstellar Gas ◽  
Hydrogen Recombination ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Centre Region ◽  
The Relationship

A review is given of information on the galactic-centre region obtained from recent observations of the 21-cm line from neutral hydrogen, the 18-cm group of OH lines, a hydrogen recombination line at 6 cm wavelength, and the continuum emission from ionized hydrogen.Both inward and outward motions are important in this region, in addition to rotation. Several types of observation indicate the presence of material in features inclined to the galactic plane. The relationship between the H and OH concentrations is not yet clear, but a rough picture of the central region can be proposed.

The relationship of the scleractinian corals to the rugose corals

Paleobiology ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 6 (02) ◽  
pp. 146-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Critical Points ◽  
Scleractinian Corals ◽  
Convincing Evidence ◽  
Early Triassic ◽  
Rugose Corals ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Biologic Factors

The Mesozoic-Cenozoic coral Order Scleractinia has been suggested to have originated or evolved (1) by direct descent from the Paleozoic Order Rugosa or (2) by the development of a skeleton in members of one of the anemone groups that probably have existed throughout Phanerozoic time. In spite of much work on the subject, advocates of the direct descent hypothesis have failed to find convincing evidence of this relationship. Critical points are:(1) Rugosan septal insertion is serial; Scleractinian insertion is cyclic; no intermediate stages have been demonstrated. Apparent intermediates are Scleractinia having bilateral cyclic insertion or teratological Rugosa.(2) There is convincing evidence that the skeletons of many Rugosa were calcitic and none are known to be or to have been aragonitic. In contrast, the skeletons of all living Scleractinia are aragonitic and there is evidence that fossil Scleractinia were aragonitic also. The mineralogic difference is almost certainly due to intrinsic biologic factors.(3) No early Triassic corals of either group are known. This fact is not compelling (by itself) but is important in connection with points 1 and 2, because, given direct descent, both changes took place during this only stage in the history of the two groups in which there are no known corals.

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