Predicting Sensationalism in Suicide Story Headlines.

IF 1.7 4区 医学 Q3 PSYCHIATRY Crisis-The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-06 DOI:10.1027/0227-5910/a000943
Sarah A McInerney, Anna C Robertson, Alekx Schneeback, Rhiannon Oakes, Andrew Lac
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Objective: Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States, and media publicity plays a role in suicide rates. The United States offers guidelines for the reporting of suicide. This study evaluated guideline adherence in newspaper and newswire publications covering celebrity suicide deaths. The research also assessed whether the sensationalism of article headlines could be predicted by variables reflecting nonadherent reporting. Method: Publications from 2013 to 2018 reporting on nine celebrity suicides were evaluated via content analysis. Adherence was assessed in a two-step hierarchical linear regression to determine which variables predicted sensationalism in headlines. Results: Overall adherence to reporting guidelines was moderate. Newspaper disclosure of suicide method only, suicide method and location, and note contents significantly predicted headline sensationalism in the first regression model, R2 = 22%. The sensationalism in the body of the article and other variables additionally predicted headline sensationalism in the second regression model, R2 = 55%. Limitations: This study is limited to celebrity suicide reporting and may not reflect media reporting trends of noncelebrity suicide deaths. Conclusion: Findings reveal that sensationalism in the body of the article and other variables uniquely contributed to sensationalism in newspaper headlines. This suggests that the public could be at risk for reading harmful content not consistent with reporting recommendations about suicide because of the initial attraction to sensational headlines.

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预测自杀故事标题中的耸人听闻之处。
目的:自杀是美国人的主要死因,媒体的宣传对自杀率起到了一定的影响。美国制定了自杀报道指南。本研究评估了报纸和通讯社出版物在报道名人自杀死亡事件时是否遵守了相关准则。研究还评估了文章标题的煽情程度是否可以通过反映不遵守报道准则的变量来预测。研究方法通过内容分析评估了2013年至2018年报道九位名人自杀事件的出版物。通过两步分层线性回归评估坚持性,以确定哪些变量可预测标题的煽情程度。结果:总体而言,对报道准则的遵守程度适中。在第一个回归模型中,报纸仅披露自杀方式、自杀方式和地点以及纸条内容对标题的煽情程度有显著的预测作用,R2 = 22%。在第二个回归模型中,文章正文的煽情程度和其他变量也能预测标题的煽情程度,R2 = 55%。局限性:本研究仅限于名人自杀报道,可能无法反映媒体对非名人自杀死亡的报道趋势。结论:研究结果表明,文章正文的煽情性和其他变量对报纸标题的煽情性有独特的影响。这表明,由于最初被耸人听闻的标题所吸引,公众可能会阅读到不符合自杀报道建议的有害内容。
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期刊介绍: A must for all who need to keep up on the latest findings from both basic research and practical experience in the fields of suicide prevention and crisis intervention! This well-established periodical’s reputation for publishing important articles on suicidology and crisis intervention from around the world is being further enhanced with the move to 6 issues per year (previously 4) in 2010. But over and above its scientific reputation, Crisis also publishes potentially life-saving information for all those involved in crisis intervention and suicide prevention, making it important reading for clinicians, counselors, hotlines, and crisis intervention centers.
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