eprintid: 10104842
rev_number: 24
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datestamp: 2020-11-23 14:46:48
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type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Pitman, A
creators_name: Stevenson, F
title: Suicide Reporting Within British Newspapers' Arts Coverage Content Analysis of Adherence to Media Guidelines
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B02
divisions: C07
divisions: D79
divisions: D12
divisions: G20
keywords: suicide reporting, media guidelines, suicide prevention, content analysis, imitative behavior
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
abstract: Background: Many suicide prevention strategies promote media guidelines on suicide reporting, given evidence that irresponsible reporting of suicide can influence imitative suicidal behavior. Due to limited resources, monitoring of guideline adherence has tended to focus on news outputs, with a risk of neglecting other journalistic content. Aims: To determine whether British newspapers’ arts coverage adheres to media guidelines on suicide reporting. Method: Purposive sampling was used to capture current national practice on suicide reporting within newspapers’ arts coverage of exhibitions. Recent major UK exhibitions by artists who had died by suicide were identified: Kirchner, Rothko, Gorky, and Van Gogh. Content analysis of all UK national newspaper coverage of these exhibitions was performed to measure the articles’ adherence to widely accepted media guidelines. Results: In all, 68 newspaper reviews satisfied inclusion criteria, with 100% failing to show full adherence to media guidelines: 21% used inappropriate language; 38% provided explicit descriptions of the suicide; 7% employed simplistic explanations for suicide triggers; 27% romanticized the suicide; and 100% omitted information on sources of support. Conclusion: British newspapers’ arts coverage of exhibitions deviates considerably from media guidelines on the reporting of suicide. The findings suggest scope to improve journalists’ awareness of the importance of this component of suicide prevention strategies.
date: 2015
date_type: published
publisher: HOGREFE & HUBER PUBLISHERS
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000294
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 998471
doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000294
lyricists_name: Pitman, Alexandra
lyricists_name: Stevenson, Fiona
lyricists_id: APITM02
lyricists_id: FASTE87
actors_name: Pitman, Alexandra
actors_id: APITM02
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Crisis - The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention
volume: 36
number: 1
pagerange: 13-20
pages: 8
issn: 2151-2396
citation:        Pitman, A;    Stevenson, F;      (2015)    Suicide Reporting Within British Newspapers' Arts Coverage Content Analysis of Adherence to Media Guidelines.                   Crisis - The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention , 36  (1)   pp. 13-20.    10.1027/0227-5910/a000294 <https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910%2Fa000294>.       Green open access   
 
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document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10104842/2/Pitman_Suicide%20reporting%20in%20British%20newspapers%20-%20Boxes%20and%20Tables%202013%2010%2009.pdf