Changes in media reporting of suicide in Australia between 2000/01 and 2006/07

Crisis

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-33

  Pirkis, Jane ^a   Dare, Andrew ^a   Blood, R Warwick ^b   Rankin, Bree ^a   Williamson, Michelle ^a   Burgess, Philip ^c   Jolley, Damien ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Media; Newspaper; Radio; Suicide; Television

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; PUBLICATION; SUICIDE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION;

AUSTRALIA; BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; NEWSPAPERS; RADIO; SUICIDE; TELEVISION;

EID: 62549086120     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.30.1.25     Document Type: Article

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