2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.11.015
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The impact of indiscriminate media coverage of a celebrity suicide on a society with a high suicide rate: Epidemiological findings on copycat suicides from South Korea

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“…The impact of celebrity suicides on the general population of Korea has been reported by several studies ( 3 5 7 9 ). Korea has the highest suicide rates among OECD countries ( 10 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 98%
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“…The impact of celebrity suicides on the general population of Korea has been reported by several studies ( 3 5 7 9 ). Korea has the highest suicide rates among OECD countries ( 10 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…The significant increase in suicide following a celebrity suicide was shown to be more salient among specific subgroups. Suicide rates were particularly elevated in the same gender and the same age group as the celebrity and the use of the same suicide method was increased after celebrity suicide ( 5 6 9 12 ). However, evidence supporting this subgroup-specific impact is rather inconclusive.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Previous studies demonstrated a copycat effect by analyzing suicide data after one or two celebrity suicides, examining suicide attempts in emergency departments and demonstrating the correlation of media coverage with overall changes of suicide number. 8 9 10 …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The newspaper articles about suicide by charcoal burning were published from 11 February 2003 to 10 March 2008, and the articles about suicide by hydrogen sulfide were published from 11 March 2008 to 13 March 2010. It has been reported that the word count of a suicide article, the newspaper company, month, and the day of the week of the article are related to the content of a newspaper suicide report [10,19,27,32]. Thus, the effects of these variables were controlled in the regression models.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Furthermore, in an effort to prevent suicide, appeals for emergency recommendations for suicide reporting by the media have been made by non-profit organizations (NPOs) [23], the Cabinet Office of the Japanese Government [24], and the Japanese Association for Suicide Prevention [25] during the last two decades. Several studies from Hong Kong, Korea, and Taiwan have investigated the quality of media suicide reports [26,27,28]. Several studies are specific to suicide in Japan [10,19].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%