| The impact of media reporting of suicide on actual suicides in Taiwan, 2002-05. | |
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PMID: 21134908 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Objectives To assess changes in the intensity of suicide news reporting in Taiwan's local newspapers after the arrival of a daily tabloid-type newspaper, Apple Daily (AD), and evaluate the impact of suicide news reporting on actual suicides and possible mutual causation. Methods A counting process was used to estimate the intensity of daily suicide news items reported in the China Times (CT) and United Daily (UD) before and after the arrival of AD (2002-05). Poisson regression models were used to assess the impact of the intensity of suicide news reporting on the actual number of next day suicides. Granger's causation model was used to assess mutual causation between suicide news reporting and actual suicides. Results There was a significant increase in reporting intensity of suicide news in the UD soon after the entry of the AD into Taiwan's media market, while a delayed increase of approximately 1 year was observed in the CT. After the arrival of the AD, the reporting intensity in the UD was significantly related to the occurrence of actual suicides (p<0.05), even after controlling for social variables, whereas no significant correlation was previously observed. Mutual causation between suicide news reporting and actual suicides was also observed. Conclusions The presence of the AD in Taiwan has fuelled competitive reporting of suicide news among traditional newspapers. This increase in the intensity of suicide news reporting has consequently had an impact on the actual number of suicides. This provides further empirical support for improving media reporting as a key element in suicide prevention. |
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Ying-Yeh Chen; Feng Chen; Paul S F Yip |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-12-05 |
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Title: Journal of epidemiology and community health Volume: 65 ISSN: 1470-2738 ISO Abbreviation: J Epidemiol Community Health Publication Date: 2011 Oct |
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Created Date: 2011-09-12 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7909766 Medline TA: J Epidemiol Community Health Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 934-40 Citation Subset: IM |
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309 Songde Road, Taipei City Psychiatric Center, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei 110, Taiwan; dai73@tpech.gov.tw. |
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