@article{ref1,
title="A dose-response relationship between imitational suicides and newspaper distribution",
journal="Archives of suicide research",
year="2004",
author="Etzersdorfer, Elmar and Voracek, Martin and Sonneck, Gernot",
volume="8",
number="2",
pages="137-145",
abstract="Although the Werther effect is well known, up to now a correlation between the differential distribution of particular media reports and subsequent imitational suicides could not be found. This study investigates a celebrity suicide by gun in Austria, which led to extensive reports in the largest Austrian newspaper, whose distribution shows substantial regional differences. The numbers of suicides by firearm in the 3 weeks after the reporting showed an increase over the 3 weeks prior. Regional analysis revealed a strong correlation of suicides by firearm and distribution of the newspaper (log odds ratios; r(9) = .62; p = .04, one-tailed). This dose-response effect explains 40% of the variability of changes. These results underline the influence of media reports on suicidal behavior.",
language="en",
issn="1381-1118",
doi="10.1080/13811110490270985",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811110490270985"
}