Reporting suicide in New Zealand: Time to end censorship

New Zealand is unique in its legislative restrictions on news media reporting of suicide, with criminal penalties for breaches. Recently, in response to ongoing controversy about the effectiveness of the law in preventing imitative suicides, the government announced a review of the relevant legislat...

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Autor principal:	James Hollings
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Publicado:	Asia Pacific Network 2013
Materias:	Coroner Media effects Media law News agenda New Zealand Suicide Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/2ab42af1b6bc4e9ebd501d0986d3601e
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2ab42af1b6bc4e9ebd501d0986d3601e2021-12-02T08:27:36ZReporting suicide in New Zealand: Time to end censorship10.24135/pjr.v19i2.2221023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/2ab42af1b6bc4e9ebd501d0986d3601e2013-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/222https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035New Zealand is unique in its legislative restrictions on news media reporting of suicide, with criminal penalties for breaches. Recently, in response to ongoing controversy about the effectiveness of the law in preventing imitative suicides, the government announced a review of the relevant legislation, the Coroners Act 2006. This article discusses the history of suicide reporting restrictions in New Zealand, suggests they amount to censorship, and furthermore argues that the suicide media discourse here has not taken account of nuances in suicide research which do not support such restrictions, but do justify voluntary moderation of reporting, in line with comparable OECD countries. Also, it argues that current suicide research is based on an outdated conception of media effects, which does not consider adequately the opportunity for public good messages.James HollingsAsia Pacific NetworkarticleCoronerMedia effectsMedia lawNews agendaNew ZealandSuicideCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 19, Iss 2 (2013)
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description	New Zealand is unique in its legislative restrictions on news media reporting of suicide, with criminal penalties for breaches. Recently, in response to ongoing controversy about the effectiveness of the law in preventing imitative suicides, the government announced a review of the relevant legislation, the Coroners Act 2006. This article discusses the history of suicide reporting restrictions in New Zealand, suggests they amount to censorship, and furthermore argues that the suicide media discourse here has not taken account of nuances in suicide research which do not support such restrictions, but do justify voluntary moderation of reporting, in line with comparable OECD countries. Also, it argues that current suicide research is based on an outdated conception of media effects, which does not consider adequately the opportunity for public good messages.
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Reporting suicide in New Zealand: Time to end censorship

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