Strategic communication studies

Strategic communication studies

Relationship between mass media development and suicide in Iran in order to policy and planning strategies: A time series study.

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Siroos Ahmadi 1
Maryam Mokhtari 1
HAMID SEDAGHAT 2
1 Dept. of Social Science, School of Human Science, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran.
2 Graduated from PHD, Department of Social Science, ُ School of Human Science, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran,
10.22034/rcc.2024.2024621.1117
Abstract
Abstract
Background and purpose: Mass media broadcast social pathologies like suicide for different reasons. The main assumption is that the representation of suicide motivates audiences toward suicidal behavior based on social learning and observational learning theories. The main purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between macro mass media indicators and suicide.
Method: This is a quantitative and longitudinal research in which was conducted using a time-series method with focusing the period of 1997-2022. The data were collected from Ministry of Culture & Islamic Guidance, Statistical Center of Iran, Legal Medicine Organization. To investigate the short-term and long-term relationship, the auto regressive distributed lag (ARDL) was applied in Microfit software.
Findings: Based on the results, the number of mobile phone subscriptions (T-Ratio = 0.002, Prob. = 4365-4) and the number of films produced (T-Ratio = 0.001, Prob. = 4-5016) have a negative effect. And it has significance on the rate of death due to suicide, and with the increase in mobile phone subscriptions and the number of movies produced, the rate of suicide has decreased. The results of the research show that the percentage of people using the Internet (T-Ratio = 5538.3, Prob. = 0.006) and the number of cinemas available (T-Ratio = 0.000, Prob. = 6.0507) have a positive effect and it has had a significant effect on the death rate caused by suicide. And finally, the number of newspapers and the number of titles and circulation of books has no significant relationship with the rate of death due to suicide.
Conclusion: This research concludes that mobile subscription, and movies decrease the rate of suicide and the internet penetration and movie theaters increase it. Furthermore, the number of newspapers and books don’t impact
Keywords
Mass media
Suicide
Strategic policy and planning
Iran

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  • Receive Date 10 March 2024
  • Revise Date 22 June 2024
  • Accept Date 23 June 2024