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Suicide in the meejuh

  • 22-06-2006 12:54am
    #1
    simu
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    I thought people might find this interesting: http://home.eircom.net/content/irelandcom/topstories/8301160?view=Eircomnet

    It's a new voluntary code for journalists to use when dealing with suicide. Do people think it will have any effect? Has covergae of suicide been exploitative or sensationalist in the past, do you think? I have to say that it's been treated soberly enough in most cases I've seen but I don't keep an eye on the full spectrum of media...


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  • #2
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭flogen


    When I was in 1st year in College we had someone come in to talk about reporting suicide; one example he gave was a tabloid story that gave the exact number of pills (which were household) a person took to kill themselves with, obviously things like this need to be stamped out, as they are unnecissary.
    We were told about the "committed suicide" and "completed suicide" thing, not sure if it reasons it in the article simu linked but basically the reason is that you commit a crime, and suicide is no longer a crime. It's fair enough but I still haven't gotten used to saying "completed suicide".. it just seems odd... "to die by suicide" seems easier to say.

    Not sure if it's right to be too limiting on things like medical dramas, perhaps some of the detail could be lost but when you see someone get killed on the telly, does the murder rate go up too?


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