Effects of Celebrity Role Models on Teaching of Rehabilitation Medicine / 中国康复理论与实践

Objective To evaluate the effects of celebrity role models on the teaching of rehabilitation medicine. Methods The teaching program of rehabilitation medicine based on the effect of celebrity role models was designed and given to the college students of Capital Medical University School of Rehabilitation Medicine. The students in grades 2014 (group A) and 2015 (group B) were taught by the same teachers with celebrity and general roles, respectively. The learning attitude, immediate test following the teaching and the final exam were carried out to determine the teaching effects. Results The incidence of using mobile phones was higher in group B than in group A (χ2=8.22, P0.05). Nobody left early in the class. The scores of the evaluated chapters and the total score in the immediate test were higher in group A than in group B (t>2.048, P0.05). Conclusion The teaching program of rehabili-tation medicine based on the effect of celebrity role models could improve the short-term teaching effect.

The Impact of Celebrity Suicide on Subsequent Suicide Rates in the General Population of Korea from 1990 to 2010

The association between celebrity suicide and subsequent increase in suicide rates among the general population has been suggested. Previous studies primarily focused on celebrity suicides in the 2000s. To better understand the association, this study examined the impacts of celebrity suicides on subsequent suicide rates using the data of Korean celebrity suicides between 1990 and 2010. Nine celebrity suicides were selected by an investigation of media reports of suicide deaths published in three major newspapers in Korea between 1990 and 2010. Suicide mortality data were obtained from the National Statistical Office of Korea. Seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average models with intervention analysis were used to test the impacts of celebrity suicides, controlling for seasonality. Six of the 9 celebrity suicides had significant impacts on suicide rates both in the total population and in the same gender- or the same age-subgroups. The incident that occurred in the 1990s had no significant impact on the overall suicide rates, whereas the majority of the incidents in the 2000s had significant influences for 30 or 60 days following each incident. The influence of celebrity suicide was shown to reach its peak following the suicide death of a renowned actress in 2008. The findings may suggest a link between media coverage and the impact of celebrity suicide. Future studies should focus more on the underlying processes and confounding factors that may contribute to the impact of celebrity suicide on subsequent suicide rates.

Celebrity Suicides and Their Differential Influence on Suicides in the General Population: A National Population-Based Study in Korea

OBJECTIVE: Although evidence suggests that there is an increase in suicide rates in the general population following celebrity suicide, the rates are heterogeneous across celebrities and countries. It is unclear which is the more vulnerable population according to the effect sizes of celebrity suicides to general population. METHODS: All suicide victims in the general population verified by the Korea National Statistical Office and suicides of celebrity in South Korea were included for 7 years from 2005 to 2011. Effect sizes were estimated by comparing rates of suicide in the population one month before and after each celebrity suicide. The associations between suicide victims and celebrities were examined. RESULTS: Among 94,845 suicide victims, 17,209 completed suicide within one month after 13 celebrity suicides. Multivariate logistic regression analyses revealed that suicide victims who died after celebrity suicide were significantly likely to be of age 20-39, female, and to die by hanging. These qualities were more strongly associated among those who followed celebrity suicide with intermediate and high effect sizes than lower. Younger suicide victims were significantly associated with higher effect size, female gender, white collar employment, unmarried status, higher education, death by hanging, and night-time death. Characteristics of celebrities were significantly associated with those of general population in hanging method and gender. CONCLUSION: Individuals who commit suicide after a celebrity suicide are likely to be younger, female, and prefer hanging as method of suicide, which are more strongly associated in higher effect sizes of celebrity suicide.

Association between Media Reporting and a Lower Suicide Rate in 2012 / 신경정신의학

OBJECTIVES: A recent study conducted by the Korea National Statistical Office (KNSO) reported that the suicide rate in Korea decreased in 2012. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the decrease in suicide rate and media reporting of suicide events. METHODS: Data on suicide rates were obtained from the KNSO. Correlation between suicide rate and celebrity suicide events, number of media reports on suicide, and suicide searches was compared. Data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient. RESULTS: The number of celebrity suicide events and recognition of celebrity decreased in 2012. Pearson's correlation test showed a significant positive correlation between the monthly number of media reports on suicide and the suicide rate (daily newspaper r=0.619, p<0.001 ; broadcast r=0.393, p<0.001). The number of suicide searches showed association with celebrity suicide events. CONCLUSION: The suicide rate may be influenced by the number of media reports on suicide events. Establishing guidelines for media reporting on these events could help to decrease the suicide rates.

Vontade de imagem e celebrização do cotidiano na tela / The craving for an image and celebration of daily life on the screen

Neste artigo é analisado um episódio da série 'Lente Indiscreta', 'Straight Plan for The Gay Man', veiculado pelo canal GNT, em 2005, em que um cidadão comum se dispõe a ver sua imagempessoal desconstruída diante de milhões de olhos que perscrutam também seus movimentos de construção de um novo corpo. Aborda. o interjogo entre visibilidade e intimidade presente em seriados da mídia televisiva contemporânea A partir da idéia de publicização celebrizada da existência, busca-se cartografar os movimentos dospersonagens quanto aos diferentes sentidos empregados no uso da vontade de potência. Reflete-se sobre a negação da existência como trabalho pessoal de construir possibilidades de ser e estar nomundo, uma vez que a subjetivação vê-se capturada por mudanças que devem acontecer com velocidade, sem imprevistos e com metas previamente definidas. Neste sentido, o protagonista do programa em análise é uma metáfora do sedentarismo contemporâneo,quando os sujeitos se vêem desprovidos da condição de elaborar critérios para o cuidado de si, consumindo em suas poltronas modos de vida ônew fashionõ que lhes absolvem da necessidadede experimentação.

On this article it is analyzed an episode of the TV series 'Indiscrete lens', 'Straight Plan for the Gay Man', aired by the channel GNT in 2005, in which an average citizen agrees to have his personal image deconstructed by the large audience that observes him inthe pursuit of a new body. The series approaches an intergame among the visibility and the intimacy present nowadays on TV. From the idea of celebrated advertisement of life, this work proposes to draw the actions of the characters regarding the different senses employed on their will power. This study also reflects upon thedenial of personal effort towards the possibilities of being within the world, since the subjectivity is, that way, captured by changes that happen rapidly, without counting on unexpected happenings, and with pre-defined goals. In this sense, the lead man of the showin analysis is a metaphor of the contemporary sedentarity, in whichit is not expected from the individuals the condition of elaborating criteria for self care, consuming on their lazy-boys 'new fashion' ways of life that absolve them from the need of experimenting.