Phillips D P
Science. 1977 Jun 24;196(4297):1464-6. doi: 10.1126/science.867044.
The average increase in motor vehicle fatalities is 9.12 percent in the week after a suicide story. The more publicity given to the story, the greater the rise in motor vehicle deaths thereafter. This rise apparently occurs because suicide stories stimulate a wave of imitative suicides, some of which are disguised as motor vehicle accidents.
在自杀事件报道后的一周内，机动车死亡人数平均增加9.12%。对该事件的宣传越多，其后机动车死亡人数的上升幅度就越大。这种上升显然是因为自杀事件报道引发了一波模仿自杀行为，其中一些被伪装成机动车事故。
