媒体对名人自杀的报道会引发模仿自杀吗?:韩国案例的证据

IF 0.4 4区经济学 Q4 COMMUNICATION

JOURNAL OF MEDIA ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2016-04-02 DOI:10.1080/08997764.2016.1170020

Y. Choi, H. Oh

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摘要

摘要本文研究媒体对名人自杀的报道与国家自杀率之间的关系。对1997 - 2009年韩国统计局的自杀数据和韩国新闻财团Mediagaon的名人自杀媒体报道数据进行工具变量回归分析。估计结果表明，韩国名人自杀显著增加了自杀率，而非韩国名人自杀则没有。此外，媒体对韩国名人自杀的更多报道与自杀率的上升有关。这些发现揭示了媒体政策在预防模仿自杀方面的重要性。

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ABSTRACT This article investigates the link between media coverage of celebrity suicides and the nation’s suicide rate. The instrumental variable regression is applied to suicide data from Statistics Korea and the media coverage data on celebrity suicides from Mediagaon of the Korea Press Foundation during the period from 1997 to 2009. The estimation results demonstrate that Korean celebrity suicides have significantly increased suicide rates, whereas non-Korean celebrity suicides have not. Moreover, greater media coverage of Korean celebrity suicides is associated with an increase in suicide rates. These findings shed light on the importance of media policy in the prevention of copycat suicides.

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Media Economics publishes original research on the economics and policy of mediated communication, focusing on firms, markets, and institutions. Reflecting the increasing diversity of analytical approaches employed in economics and recognizing that policies promoting social and political objectives may have significant economic impacts on media, the Journal encourages submissions reflecting the insights of diverse disciplinary perspectives and research methodologies, both empirical and theoretical.