预测自杀故事头条新闻中的轰动性
Sarah A McInerney1, Anna C Robertson1, Alekx Schneeback1
1Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, CO, USA.
Crisis
|February 6, 2024
概括
媒体报道名人自杀事件往往不遵守美国的指导方针,轰动性的内容预测了头条新闻的轰动性. 这可能会让公众接触到关于自杀的有害信息.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 媒体研究 媒体研究
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 自杀在美国是一个重大的公共卫生问题.
- 媒体报道影响了自杀率.
- 美国的指导方针存在于负责任的自杀报告.
研究的目的:
- 评估关于名人死亡的新闻文章中对自杀报告指南的遵守情况.
- 确定非合规报道是否预测了人听闻的头条新闻.
主要方法:
- 关于9名名星自杀的报纸和新闻报道文章 (2013-2018) 的内容分析.
- 两步层次线性回归来评估标题轰动性的预测因素.
主要成果:
- 观察到对报告准则的适度遵守.
- 自杀方法/地点和笔记内容的披露预测了头条新闻的轰动性 (R2 = 22%).
- 文章主题的轰动性和其他因素进一步预测了标题的轰动性 (R2 = 55%).
结论:
- 文章中的人听闻以及其他因素对人听闻的头条新闻有着显著的贡献.
- 与报告建议不一致的有害内容可能会通过人听闻的标题吸引读者.
- 这凸显了媒体报道名人自杀的潜在公共卫生风险.
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