Not precisely what you asked for, but this chapter does have a section on suicide forums: Kral, G. (2006). Online communities for mutual help: Fears, fiction, and facts. In Murero, M. & Rice, R.E. (Eds.), The Internet and health care: Theory, research and practice. (Chapter 11, pp. 215-232). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. ======================================================= Ronald E. Rice Arthur N. Rupe Chair in the Social Effects of Mass Communication Co-Director, Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television and New Media President of the International Communication Association Fulbright Professor, Finland 2006 Dept. of Communication, 4840 Ellison Hall University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4020 Ph: 805-893-8696; Fax: 805-893-7102 rrice@comm.ucsb.edu http://www.comm.ucsb.edu/rice_flash.htm http://www.cftnm.ucsb.edu/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Helland" <c_hella@yahoo.com> To: <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 3:31 PM Subject: [Air-l] Information about online suicide pacts
I'm wondering if anyone knows of any studies or ongoing research concerning online suicide pacts in Japan. The suicide rate in Japan is almost 20 times higher than their murder rate (one of the highest in the world)--and there appears to be "a frightening increase in the number of group suicides arranged over the Internet through chat rooms dedicated to discussing suicide."
Any help researching this topic would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Chris Helland
Christopher Helland, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Sociology of Religion Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology Dalhousie University 6135 University Avenue, Rm. 1128 Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3H 4P9 Tel: (902) 494-6757 Fax:(902) 494-2897 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~chelland/index.html
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