Abstract
Newspaper Reports of Suicide: the Impact of Newsworthiness
Pridmore S~~Patterson T~~Bruno R
The aim of this study was to characterize individuals who died by suicide & their circumstances as reported in the lay press & to examine for evidence of newsworthiness impacting on reportage. Newspaper reports were prospectively collected for a 10-year period (1995-2005). 61 reports were collected from Tasmasian papers. Newsworthiness (prominence, notoriety, & domicile, & the prior killing of others) influenced the newspaper reportage of suicide. Stress was identified as an important precipitating condition. (5 refs.)