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Comparative Study Of China And The United States Newspapers Reports Of Suicide

Posted on:2014-04-01Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:B FangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2298330425479331Subject:Press and Communication
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Research on the impact of media reports on suicide starts late.200years ago, the famousGerman writer Goethe published a book called "The Sorrows of Young Werther", theprotagonist Witt lovesick eventually shot himself after the book was published, caused a greatsensation, making the whole of Europe set off imitate dimensional special wave of suicide, somany countries of the book listed as banned books. Imitate events caused by media reports ofsuicide, academia called the "Werther effect".The World Health Organization as "a self-violence" suicidal behavior and theintroduction of a "suicide reported Guide" to regulate the press reports of suicides by detailedentries. Suicide reports of the study to the media as the main object of study, as thecornerstone of the "Werther effect" theory combined the suicide reported Guide of the WorldHealth Organization, the main objective is to analyze how the Sino-US paper media reportedsuicide news, analysis object is2012January1to2012December31, six newspapers fromChina znd US.The first part, Introduction. This paper mainly described the research background, thepurpose of review, research methods, research and innovation.The second part of the sample selection and basis. Mainly on the Institute’s selection ofthe six media sample name, and the analysis based on six newspapers.The third part of the Sino-US media suicide reported category Construction and Analysis.This part is the core part of this article,Western media suicide news from the Sino-US mediasources, the building of issues, reported tone perspective, through data analysis considerationsmacroscopic and microscopic differences in suicide reported.The fourth part, the main problem presented by the China-US newspapers reportedsuicide. That is, through the comparison of before and comprehensive analysis to identifysignificant Sino-US media co-exist in the suicide news. The fifth part, conclusions, discussion and recommendations. Suicide news reports onChina’s future, according to research an analytical summary of recommendations forimprovement, draw on the useful experience in the West before content.Affected by the Western media suicide can be traced back to the18th century, theacademic research in the country, on the news of suicide just started from the beginning of the21st century, this paper comparative analysis, the analysis of the Western media, our mediasuicide Newscontent analysis, reported in plain discussion and analysis is done to improvemedia coverage of the issue. In short, this study theoretically profiling Sino-US media thesuicide reported the text feature, content manifestation and social impact. Sample selectionand content analysis of media reports in China and the United States point of view, from theideological point of view, an ethical perspective, media, style and social environment, explainthe differentiation of the Sino-US media reports of suicide, while exploring such differencesof subjective and objective reasons. Aimed at suicide reported contrast through Sino-USmedia master the suicide of Sino-US media reported law, in order to avoid weaknesses, learnuseful experience reported by the Western media, to improve our news reports of suicide classstatus.
Keywords/Search Tags:Suicide report, China and the US newspapers, Contents study, role ofmedia
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