Evidence between media and suicide: the contagion effect of journalistic and fictional productions

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v14i3.1932

Keywords:

Suicide, Social communication, Journalism, Fiction, Contagion effect.

Abstract

The phenomenon of the contagion effect in the media is not new, but very current. In Brazil, the media is the third leading cause of suicide in young people aged 15 to 29, and a serious public health problem. In this text, we unveiled through a bibliographic review the evidence that supports the epidemic effect of suicide in the media and its modes of operation through theories such as that of Albert Bandura and his Theory of Social Learning. This relationship is prestigious here due to the most recent hits such as 13 Reasons Why and Euphoria, which describe suicide and self-destructive behaviors in a curiously careless way. We point out as urgent the need for legal regulation of the production and distribution of these messages in the Brazilian media, which will include the various audiovisual genres and, above all, the new media that are characterized by their asynchronous model of content distribution.

Author Biographies

Raquel Carriço Ferreira, Universidade Federal do Sergipe. São Cristóvão, SE

Doutorado em Cultura Contemporânea e Novas Tecnologias pela Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

Kaippe Arnon Silva Reis, Universidade Federal do Sergipe. São Cristóvão, SE

Graduação em Comunicação Social – Audiovisual pela Universidade Federal de Sergipe.

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Published

2020-09-29

How to Cite

Ferreira, R. C., & Reis, K. A. S. (2020). Evidence between media and suicide: the contagion effect of journalistic and fictional productions. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v14i3.1932

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Vol. 14 No. 3 (2020): Dossiê Preservação Digital

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