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Article history: Received 1 February 2017 Received in revised form 22 May 2017 Accepted 4 June 20... more Article history: Received 1 February 2017 Received in revised form 22 May 2017 Accepted 4 June 2017 Available online 7 June 2017 Suicide is a public issue in Malaysia. Local data provides information about the rates, methods, risks and preventive measures of suicide, but little is known of how media influences suicide in this country. This study aimed to investigate the perception of media in particular online newspapers on suicide. Data were gathered from the online archives of 8 local newspapers. Thematic and content analysis were carried out. A total of 81 articles and 45 photos that met the selection criteria were retrieved and analysed. There were five main themes emerged from the searched articles; i) sensationalistic headlines and photos of real suicide ii) background of person attempted or committed suicide; iii) presentation of method of suicide; iv) reasons for or factors associated with the act of attempting or committing suicide and v) strategies or intervention related ...
Article history: Received 1 February 2017 Received in revised form 22 May 2017 Accepted 4 June 20... more Article history: Received 1 February 2017 Received in revised form 22 May 2017 Accepted 4 June 2017 Available online 7 June 2017 Suicide is a public issue in Malaysia. Local data provides information about the rates, methods, risks and preventive measures of suicide, but little is known of how media influences suicide in this country. This study aimed to investigate the perception of media in particular online newspapers on suicide. Data were gathered from the online archives of 8 local newspapers. Thematic and content analysis were carried out. A total of 81 articles and 45 photos that met the selection criteria were retrieved and analysed. There were five main themes emerged from the searched articles; i) sensationalistic headlines and photos of real suicide ii) background of person attempted or committed suicide; iii) presentation of method of suicide; iv) reasons for or factors associated with the act of attempting or committing suicide and v) strategies or intervention related ...