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Suicide and the Media: Pending New Zealand Research. Brian McKenna, Centre of Mental Health Research, University of Auckland. Media and mental illness. Coverdale, Nairn, & Classen (2002). Nairn (1999). Mental Health Commission (2000; 2005). McKenna, Thom and Simpson (2007). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Suicide and the Media: Pending New Zealand
Research.
Brian McKenna,
Centre of Mental Health Research,
University of Auckland
Media and mental illness
• Coverdale, Nairn, & Classen (2002).
• Nairn (1999).
• Mental Health Commission
(2000; 2005).
McKenna, Thom and Simpson (2007)
• Media Coverage of Homicide Involving Mentally Disordered Offenders: A Matched Comparison Study
• International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. Vol. 6(1), 57-63
Homicide Perpetrators from 1970 to 2000 Year
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
Year
Hom
icid
e P
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ors
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1M p
opul
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Mentally abnormal perpetrators of homicide rate per 100,000 population by year
Mentally Abnormal Perpetrators of Homicide by Year
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
0.25
0.3
0.35
0.4
1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
Year
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r 10
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0 po
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Percentage of Perpetrators of Homicides who were Mentally Abnormal
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
Year
Perc
enta
ge
Role of the media in perpetuating the myth?
• 10 cases of (NGRI) from 1996 to 2000.
• Matched to 10 cases of convicted homicide.
NGRI prominence characteristics
• On the front page
• The lead article on any page,
• Alarmist heading e.g
“Scissor-death mother found to be insane”
(NZ Herald, February 8, 2000).
Making public the private lives of mentally ill offenders
• Social dysfunction.
• Private psychiatric history made public
Conclusion
• Certainly treated differently
• Impact on the public psyche?
• Etched in the public memory .
Ministry of Health (1998; 1999)
• Preventing Suicide: Guidelines for the Media on the Reporting of Suicide
Tully, J. and Elsaka, N. (2004).
• A study of the media response to Suicide and the Media: The reporting and portrayal of suicide in the media
Aims
• To investigate the nature, reporting and portrayal of suicide in non-fiction media.
• Replicates the Australia study and adds the internet.
• Adapted to NZ (Maori or Pacific Island).
Design
• Media items over 12 months
• Using recognised search terms .
• Source - media retrieval company.
• Screening for appropriateness.
Extract identifying and descriptive information.
• E.g. newspapers • Total number of articles• Newspaper type: e.g metropolitan, suburban or
regional.• Month of publication.• Where placed.• Who wrote the article. • What was the content about.• Geographical reference. • Demographics of those involved• Suicide method
Quality ratings of 10% of randomly selected media items
in each division
• MOH guidelines
• Coroner’s Act
• Quality indicators - Australian study.
• Binary determination .
In depth framing analysis.
• Five case studies.
• Qualitative research
• Factors that shape news selection and presentation.
Sample
• 262 media types
• Newspaper print media - 186
• Radio stations –18 stations:
• Television - 9 free-to-air and paid networks.
• Internet - 49 news sites
Research Team
• Brian McKenna.
• Tony O’Brien, Senior lecturer.
• Katey Thom. Research Fellow.
• Dr Raymond Nairn.
• Gareth Edwards. • Ingrid Leary.