‘13 Reasons Why’ creators should pay attention to suicide-related Google searches
Experts fear that the Netflix series "13 Reasons Why" glamorizes the victim and her suicide. Internet searches suggest they could be right.
Does it matter that people seem to have become more interested in suicide – expressing more suicidal thoughts, while becoming more likely to research ways to commit or prevent suicide – in the wake of the popular Netflix series “13 Reasons Why”?
According to new research my colleagues and I conducted, suicide-related Google searches increased in the weeks following the spring release of the popular Netflix series “13 Reasons Why.”
The show – which became the streaming service’s – chronicles
