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    zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 Jun 2018

    zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

    It's sadly likely there will be another huge spike in suicides, as recent coverage has been horrendously insensitive—either through opportunism or lack of consulting with experts. The romanticization, the constant publicizing of method, the marathon, larger-than-life coverage.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/963900584901226497 …

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    zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
    Time for that sad reminder. After Robin Williams' suicide, sensational media coverage that violated the CDC guidelines resulted in a 10 PERCENT increase in suicides. Same effect applies to mass shootings. Newsrooms, please be considerate in your coverage. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/opinion/the-virginia-shooter-wanted-fame-lets-not-give-it-to-him.html …
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      2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 Jun 2018

        Celebrity suicide coverage is so horrible, so insensitive that I can't find words. It's like there aren't real people involved; that there aren't so many more suffering now; that a child's life has not just been devastated. No, let's just do a marathon. Good for ratings, I guess.

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      3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 Jun 2018

        Talking about tough issues is good; it could've been an opportunity. But you need to bring in some experts here and treat people as real people, not as content to fill time and pages with. The romanticization is big part of what fuels suicidal ideation, and we've had nothing but.

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      4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 Jun 2018

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted Brian Wolfe

        Didn't watch that but the only sensible thing is coverage that focuses on survivors and loved ones. The romanticization of the person as a celebrity when what's in front of us is a tremendous tragedy of real human beings is atrocious and irresponsible.https://twitter.com/wolfeb99/status/1005828476878741504 …

        zeynep tufekci added,

        Brian Wolfe @wolfeb99
        Replying to @zeynep
        I was impressed by Anderson Cooper’s show the other night that focussed on the effect on people around Bourdain and his own experience with his brother’s death as well as including a real expert. The show after show stuff since really gets to me.
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      5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 Jun 2018

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted Dr. Christine Sarteschi, PhD, LCSW

        Yes. As the article explains, and as tons of research shows, It's absolutely possible to drastically reduce suicide rates; however, what has happened in the last week has been exactly the opposite of what needs to happen to reduce the rate of this tragedy.https://twitter.com/DrSarteschi/status/1005830297424945152 …

        zeynep tufekci added,

        Dr. Christine Sarteschi, PhD, LCSW @DrSarteschi
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        This article discusses research about ppl who attempted but did not die from suicide and were thankful to have survived. Wish we could hear more from these ppl: https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/magazine/06suicide-t.html …
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      6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 Jun 2018

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted Zachary Lipton

        And then there is the ghoulish spectre of the ads running next to sensationalist, counterproductive suicide coverage. Hard to believe ads run like this, but they do.https://twitter.com/zacharylipton/status/1005826531883659265 …

        zeynep tufekci added,

        Zachary LiptonVerified account @zacharylipton
        I propose this rule to reduce the amount that we sensationalize suicide: ***DO NOT RUN ads*** either (a) on an article about suicide or (b) an article 1-click downstream of suicide coverage, or (c) within 15 minutes of suicide coverage on television https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1005823835269156864 …
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      7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 Jun 2018

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted kellymcb

        The only thing that's been barely observed is a lip-service addition of the help-line at the end of articles/coverage. It is so inexcusable as the research is clear; the guidelines are clear. The ratings, the money, the insensitivity trumps responsibility.https://twitter.com/kellymcb/status/1005053905678557184 …

        zeynep tufekci added,

        kellymcbVerified account @kellymcb
        When reporting on suicide: -Include resources for people who need help -Avoid oversimplifying the cause -Minimize details of the means of death, the less specific, the better -Don’t lionize the person -Don’t sensationalize the outpouring of grief https://www.poynter.org/news/can-journalists-prevent-suicide-clusters …
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      1. Taran Rampersad‏ @knowprose 10 Jun 2018
        Replying to @zeynep

        It's the way it goes, unfortunately. While coverage can be more tasteful, I'm not sure that it will mitigate risk of copycat suicide. And keeping talking about talking about talking about talking about talking about it is... just the same.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copycat_suicide …

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      2. Asia Art Tours‏ @asiaarttours 10 Jun 2018
        Replying to @zeynep

        I think many of us are just feeling horrible, beaten down, economically desperate and paralyzed with fear at the current political hopelessness on the center and right. I don't think media is the main factor for the spike, rather how horrifying things have gotten in the states.

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      3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 Jun 2018
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        Check the research, then. Media is absolutely a factor.

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      1. Jim Mitchem  🖤‏ @jmitchem 10 Jun 2018
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        All media is a whore for advertising revenue via eyeballs.

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