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How news coverage perpetuates harmful language about immigration

by: Sarah Han
posted on Thursday, February 28, 2019

Despite some progress in removing stigmatizing language from coverage of immigration, the i-word still appears in a significant amount of coverage, found new research from BMSG.

Tags: immigration, media analysis, stigma

Why the stigma of suicide should not sway the debate about nets under the Golden Gate Bridge

by: Fernando Quintero
posted on Friday, March 28, 2014

By not reporting more comprehensively on suicides, the news media are reinforcing the contempt many people have for those who take their own life and making it harder to demonstrate the need for prevention.

Tags: Golden Gate Bridge, public health, stigma, suicide barrier, suicide nets, suicide prevention