Michel K, Frey C, Wyss K, Valach L
Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland.
Crisis. 2000;21(2):71-9. doi: 10.1027//0227-5910.21.2.71.
This study was conducted to support the publication of guidelines for media reporting on suicide. First, quantitative and qualitative aspects of suicide reporting in Swiss print media were surveyed over a time span of 8 months. The results were presented at a national press conference, and written guidelines for suicide reporting were sent out to all newspaper editors. The results of the survey and the guidelines were discussed in a personal meeting with the Editor-in-Chief of the main tabloid. After the publication of the guidelines a second, identical survey was conducted. The main variables regarding frequency, form, and content of the newspaper reports before and after the press conference were compared. The number of articles, on the one hand, increased over the 3 years between the first and second survey, but the quality of reporting clearly improved on the other. The personal contact with the editor of the tabloid was probably the most effective means of intervention.
开展这项研究是为了支持关于自杀事件媒体报道指南的发布。首先，在8个月的时间跨度内，对瑞士平面媒体中自杀报道的定量和定性方面进行了调查。调查结果在一次全国新闻发布会上公布，并将自杀报道的书面指南发送给了所有报纸编辑。在与主要小报的主编进行的一次私人会议上，讨论了调查结果和指南。指南发布后，又进行了一次相同的调查。比较了新闻发布会前后报纸报道在频率、形式和内容方面的主要变量。一方面，文章数量在第一次和第二次调查之间的3年里有所增加，但另一方面，报道质量明显提高。与小报编辑的个人接触可能是最有效的干预手段。
