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Index Copycat suicide

A copycat suicide is defined as an emulation of another suicide that the person attempting suicide knows about either from local knowledge or due to accounts or depictions of the original suicide on television and in other media.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 44 relations: American Society of News Editors, Arab Spring, Australian Press Council, Blue Whale Challenge, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Choi Jin-sil, Copycat crime, Differential association, Epidemiology of suicide, Herd behavior, Hide (musician), JAMA Internal Medicine, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Marilyn Monroe, Mass shooting contagion, McGraw Hill Education, Meme, Mental disorder, Mohamed Bouazizi, Mood disorder, National Institute on Media and the Family, Necessity and sufficiency, Newspaper, Norway, Queen Mary University of London, Robert Cialdini, Ruan Lingyu, Sati (practice), Seattle, Self-immolation, Social proof, Sonia Livingstone, Substance abuse, Suicide, Suicide of Kurt Cobain, The Magic Flute, The New York Times, The Sorrows of Young Werther, Tunisian revolution, Turkey, United States, World Health Organization, Yukiko Okada, 13 Reasons Why.

  2. Influence of mass media
  3. Journalism ethics
  4. Suicide types

American Society of News Editors

The American Society of News Editors (ASNE) was a membership organization for editors, producers or directors in charge of journalistic organizations or departments, deans or faculty at university journalism schools, and leaders and faculty of media-related foundations and training organizations.

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Arab Spring

The Arab Spring (ar-rabīʻ al-ʻarabī) or the First Arab Spring (to distinguish from the Second Arab Spring) was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s.

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Australian Press Council

The Australian Press Council (APC) was established in 1976 with the goal of promoting high standards of media practice, community access to information of public interest, and freedom of expression through the media.

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Blue Whale Challenge

"Blue Whale", also known as the "Blue Whale Challenge", is a social network phenomenon dating from 2016 that is claimed to exist in several countries.

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is the Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television.

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Choi Jin-sil

Choi Jin-sil (December 24, 1968 – October 2, 2008) was a South Korean actress.

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Copycat crime

A copycat crime is a criminal act that is modeled after or inspired by a previous crime. Copycat suicide and copycat crime are influence of mass media and journalism ethics.

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Differential association

In criminology, differential association is a theory developed by Edwin Sutherland proposing that through interaction with others, individuals learn the values, attitudes, techniques, and motives for criminal behavior.

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Epidemiology of suicide

There are more than 700,000 estimated suicide deaths every year.

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Herd behavior

Herd behavior is the behavior of individuals in a group acting collectively without centralized direction.

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Hide (musician)

, known professionally as hide, was a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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JAMA Internal Medicine

JAMA Internal Medicine is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the American Medical Association.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath and writer, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language.

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Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 August 4, 1962) was an American actress and model.

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Mass shooting contagion

Mass shooting contagion theory is the studied nature and effect of media coverage of mass shootings and the potential increase of mimicked events. Copycat suicide and mass shooting contagion are influence of mass media and journalism ethics.

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McGraw Hill Education

McGraw Hill is an American publishing company for educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education.

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Meme

A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

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Mental disorder

A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, a mental health condition, or a psychiatric disability, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.

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Mohamed Bouazizi

Tarek El-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi (Ṭāriq aṭ-Ṭayib Muḥammad al-Būʿazīzī; 29 March 1984 – 4 January 2011) was a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010 in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, an act which became a catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring against autocratic regimes.

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Mood disorder

A mood disorder, also known as an affective disorder, is any of a group of conditions of mental and behavioral disorder where a disturbance in the person's mood is the main underlying feature.

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The National Institute on Media and the Family (NIMF), founded by psychologist David Walsh in 1996 and closed in 2009 was a nonprofit organization based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Necessity and sufficiency

In logic and mathematics, necessity and sufficiency are terms used to describe a conditional or implicational relationship between two statements.

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Newspaper

A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Queen Mary University of London

Queen Mary University of London (QMUL, or informally QM, and formerly Queen Mary and Westfield College) is a public research university in Mile End, East London, England.

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Robert Cialdini

Robert Beno Cialdini (born April 27, 1945) is an American psychologist.

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Ruan Lingyu

Ruan Lingyu (born Ruan Fenggen; April 26, 1910 – March 8, 1935), also known by her English name Lily Yuen, was a Chinese silent film actress.

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Sati (practice)

Sati was a historical practice in Hindu communities in which a widow sacrifices herself by sitting atop her deceased husband's funeral pyre.

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.

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Self-immolation

Self-immolation is the act of setting oneself on fire.

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Social proof (or informational social influence) is a psychological and social phenomenon wherein people copy the actions of others in choosing how to behave in a given situation.

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Sonia Livingstone

Sonia Livingstone is a leading British scholar on the subjects of children, media and the Internet.

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Substance abuse

Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, is the use of a drug in amounts or by methods that are harmful to the individual or others.

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Suicide

Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death.

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Suicide of Kurt Cobain

On April 8, 1994, Kurt Cobain, the lead singer and guitarist of the American rock band Nirvana, was found dead at his home on Lake Washington Boulevard in Seattle, Washington.

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The Magic Flute

The Magic Flute, K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Sorrows of Young Werther

The Sorrows of Young Werther (Die Leiden des jungen Werthers), or simply Werther, is a 1774 epistolary novel by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, which appeared as a revised edition in 1787.

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Tunisian revolution

The Tunisian revolution, also called the Jasmine Revolution and Tunisian Revolution of Dignity, was an intensive 28-day campaign of civil resistance.

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Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.

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Yukiko Okada

was a Japanese singer and actress, active in the mid-1980s.

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13 Reasons Why

13 Reasons Why is an American teen drama television series developed for Netflix by Brian Yorkey and based on the 2007 novel Thirteen Reasons Why by author Jay Asher.

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See also

Influence of mass media

Journalism ethics

Suicide types

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copycat_suicide

Also known as Idea Contagion, Papageno effect, Suicide cluster, Suicide contagion, Werther effect, Wertheri efekt.