"Release of '13 Reasons Why' associated with 30% increase in youth suicide rates"
Putting fact A next to fact B and linking them together is not how you do science. We don't even know if any of them had actually seen the series, if they were being harassed, etc. There may or may not be a correlation between the two events and I agree that media need to be smarter about this but this article makes the research sound shoddy as heck.
If this is science then here's my research: one of my 9th grade students did a presentation on this book last year in class. None of the students who were present have killed themselves since then (some of them had seen the series too or knew about it) or attempted to do so (one of them has fallen into self-destructive behavior though but also didn't get help from his parents...). However, several of them did presentations on books dealing with harassment, which showed that this was an important issue and that we should talk about it openly. Which we do. We also actually act to prevent it, spot it, have the kids or their friends talk to an adult as soon as possible, alert the parents and the school nurse. What you can read about school bullying and adults' inaction in the US doesn't make it seem like this is a national priority over there. Also, while they're at it, could they research the influence of the portrayal of authority figures in I dunno... cop shows? And how about real-life authority figures?
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Putting fact A next to fact B and linking them together is not how you do science. We don't even know if any of them had actually seen the series, if they were being harassed, etc. There may or may not be a correlation between the two events and I agree that media need to be smarter about this but this article makes the research sound shoddy as heck.
If this is science then here's my research: one of my 9th grade students did a presentation on this book last year in class. None of the students who were present have killed themselves since then (some of them had seen the series too or knew about it) or attempted to do so (one of them has fallen into self-destructive behavior though but also didn't get help from his parents...). However, several of them did presentations on books dealing with harassment, which showed that this was an important issue and that we should talk about it openly. Which we do. We also actually act to prevent it, spot it, have the kids or their friends talk to an adult as soon as possible, alert the parents and the school nurse. What you can read about school bullying and adults' inaction in the US doesn't make it seem like this is a national priority over there. Also, while they're at it, could they research the influence of the portrayal of authority figures in I dunno... cop shows? And how about real-life authority figures?