Newpapers got it wrong in their reporting of Robin Williams' death
One of the more distressing aspects of Robin Williams’ tragic death through suicide has been the willingness of some newspapers to dwell in some detail on how it was done – despite the well known evidence that inappropriate coverage in the media may have a significant influence on the behavior of others.
As a lecturer in media ethics this worries me. And it’s not a new phenomenon. As far back as 1841, one of the founders of medical statistics William Farr considered that “no fact is better established in science than that suicide… is often committed from imitation…. Do the Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
