Abstract

The media plays an important role in shaping the public about suicide. The media has a professional and moral obligation to report incidents of suicide in an appropriate manner. The Center for Disease Control has set forth requirements for the media; making recommendations about how incidents of suicide are best reported. In 1989, the CDC established these guidelines, yet many national newspapers are not following these requirements. This study explained that the media has not made any progress in this area since the CDC’s recommendations. Thirty-six articles from three national, daily newspapers were critiqued with questions from the CDC’s requirements. The study’s hypothesis was not established, as there was minimal progress made since the 1989 recommendations, it is clear and evident that much progress is yet to be made

Recommended Citation

Gonzalez, Jamie (2005) "Suicide As Covered in the Media," Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal: Vol. 1: Iss. 3, Article 5.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/psych_journals/vol1/iss3/5