Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, ON, Canada.
Crisis. 2021 Nov;42(6):488-491. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000741. Epub 2020 Dec 4.
Research has found varying adherence by media professionals to recommendations for reporting on suicide. We compared adherence to recommendations for what to do and what not to do when reporting on suicide in initial reports of high-profile celebrity suicides in major media outlets. A total of 100 articles published in news outlets during 2004-2018 and reporting on celebrity suicides were examined for adherence to reporting guidelines using content analysis. Articles frequently adhered to guidelines for what not to do when reporting on suicide (83%), but rarely adhered to guidelines for what to do (26%). This study was a single cross-sectional analysis and may not generalize to different outlets, guidelines, or countries. While news articles frequently do not include harmful information, they also do not include potentially protective content.
研究发现，媒体专业人士对自杀报道建议的遵守情况各不相同。我们比较了在主要媒体对知名人士自杀事件的初始报道中，报道自杀时应做和不应做的建议的遵守情况。使用内容分析法，对 2004 年至 2018 年期间发布在新闻媒体上的、报道名人自杀事件的 100 篇文章进行了对报道准则的遵守情况的检查。文章在报道自杀时经常遵守不应做的准则（83%），但很少遵守应做的准则（26%）。这项研究是一项单横断面分析，可能无法推广到不同的渠道、准则或国家。虽然新闻文章通常不包含有害信息，但它们也不包含潜在的保护内容。
