eprintid: 10104842 rev_number: 24 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/10/48/42 datestamp: 2020-11-23 14:46:48 lastmod: 2021-12-13 02:28:35 status_changed: 2020-11-23 14:46:48 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 document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10104842/1/Pitman_Suicide%20reporting%20in%20British%20newspapers%20-%20manuscript%202013%2010%2031.pdf 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