The Media School, Hallym University.
Center for Interdisciplinary Health Research, University of Augsburg.
Health Commun. 2024 Aug;39(9):1899-1905. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2023.2247154. Epub 2023 Aug 20.
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.
为了探究自杀报道指南中积极元素的影响，我们评估了负责任的自杀报道（RRS）如何影响认知和意图反应。我们还研究了受众反思在新闻处理中的调节作用。在这里，308 名参与者在韩国进行了一项单因素被试间实验。我们通过添加自杀统计数据、求助热线联系方式和增强效能信息来操纵新闻文章中积极 RRS 特征的数量。总的来说，与没有 RRS 元素的基本新闻文章相比，包含多个 RRS 元素的新闻文章对帮助处于自杀危机中的他人的行为意图有更强的影响。有趣的是，相对于阅读没有任何 RRS 元素的自杀新闻报道的人，反思性对阅读自杀新闻报道中具有最多 RRS 元素的个体的影响更大，这表明自杀新闻对帮助意愿有间接影响。我们将从预防自杀的角度讨论这种 RRS 效应的含义。
