The question of whether media portrayals of suicide can lead to imitation has been debated for over two centuries, but it is only in the last 50 years or so that scientific studies have been conducted on this subject. This review considers studies of entertainment media (film and television, music and plays). The current review constitutes an update of an earlier review of the entertainment media (Pirkis, Blood, Francis & McCallum, 2005). It is accompanied by a review of studies of the news and information media (Pirkis & Blood, 2010).