Resource Tag: PAPAGENO EFFECT
xLCSH; CSP only
Is the narrative the message? The relationship between suicide-related narratives in media reports and subsequent suicides
Objectives: When journalists report on the details of a suicide, the way that they contextualize the meaning of the event (i.e. the ‘narrative’) can have significant consequences for readers. The ‘Werther’ and ‘Papageno’ narrative effects refer to increases and decreases in suicides across populations following media reports on suicidal acts or mastery of crises, respectively. […]