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18232161

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-31
pubmed:abstractText
Media influences behaviour, especially of the young children and adolescents in various ways. The present study examined the media coverage of a judicial hanging and its immediate social effect. In a qualitative study the media coverage of a case of a judicial hanging was thoroughly discussed and the media influence, for over a period of ten weeks of the incident, in terms of suicide and copying of hanging among children, was collected and analysed. Eighteen cases were reported as an aftermath of this hanging: 1 suicide and 17 imitative hanging in children with 5 deaths. This report calls for attention that media should be cautious and responsible in presenting the news items that have potential social impact.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0019-557X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
222-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Media influenced imitative hanging: a report from West Bengal.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Psychiatry, Kolkata. arabinda.chowdhury@btinternet.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports