| Title |
The foxconn suicides and their media prominence: is the werther effect applicable in china?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, November 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-11-841 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Qijin Cheng, Feng Chen, Paul SF Yip |
| Abstract |
Media reporting of suicide and its relationship with actual suicide has rarely been investigated in Mainland China. The "Foxconn suicides" is a description referring to a string of suicides/attempts during 2010, all of which were related to a giant electrical manufacturing company, Foxconn. This study aimed to examine the clustering and copycat effects of the Foxconn suicides, and to investigate temporal patterns in how they were reported by the media in Mainland China, Hong Kong (HK), and Taiwan (TW). |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 29% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 4 | 57% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 57% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 29% |
| Scientists | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 2 | 3% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 71 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 15 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 19% |
| Researcher | 14 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 12% |
| Unknown | 15 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 13 | 17% |
| Psychology | 12 | 16% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 7 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 6% |
| Arts and Humanities | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 18 | 23% |
| Unknown | 18 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
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#1,946,051
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#10,361
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#22
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