Use Your Voice to Bring Awareness, just Be Careful

The recent increase of social media usage and the decrease of mental health among teenagers make suicide an urgent issue to deal with in society. In specific, the coverage of high-profile suicide stories is a potential way to raise awareness, but it can also be harmful to media consumers. As an extremely sensitive topic, some journalists avoid talking about it to prevent suicide contagion while others report on it with no filter. The ethical dilemma lies in how the media should frame suicide stories. In other words, do journalist have an ethical responsibility to be detailed or should they…