@article{ref1,
title="Suicide, Motor Vehicle Fatalities, and the Mass Media: Evidence toward a Theory of Suggestion",
journal="American journal of sociology",
year="1979",
author="Phillips, David P.",
volume="84",
number="5",
pages="1150-1174",
abstract="Modern sociology has paid too little attention to the concepts of imitation and suggestion. This report presents new findings indicating that these concepts have a powerful impact on social behavior. Presents evidence that automobile fatalities increase several days after a publicized suicide and relates these and related findings to sociological theory.<p />",
language="",
issn="0002-9602",
doi="10.1086/226904",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/226904"
}