Cyber-Suicide
Guide Note: Cyber-Suicide or Internet Suicide is a growing social epidemic that first surfaced in Japan around 2000 and has since spread internationally.
Fast Facts:
- Involves a much younger crowd than traditional suicide pacts
- Japan: Number of cyber-suicide pacts increases steadily each year
- Cyber-Suicide pacts meant to eliminate fear of dying alone
- Man recently sentenced to death for murdering suicide-pact partners
- Also try: Cyber Bullying
- Also try: Bebo Suicide Cult
The Mahalo Top 7
- Wikipedia: Internet Suicide
- Wired: Suicide 101 - Lessons Before Dying (2003)
- Canterbury Suicide Project: Suicide Pacts (20.6Kb)
- Digital Trends: Japanese Internet-Assisted Suicide(October 15, 2007)
- Guardian Unlimited: Japan's cyber-suicide trend takes bizarre twist (October 11, 2007)
- FoxNews Video: Police considering Charges...Chat Room Users Who Urged Hanging(Time: 01:55)
- Google News: Cyber-Suicide
Cyber-Suicide Recent News Stories
- Yahoo! News: Internet Suicide
- Guardian Unlimited: "Police Suspect Internet Link to Suicides" (January 23, 2008)
- The Associated Press: "Japan: Suicide Web Site Creator Arrested" (October 11, 2007)
- IBN: "Your Internet habits could stress you out totally"(October 9, 2007)
- Belfast Telegraph: "Two families are left shattered as internet suicide pact is probed" (June 14, 2007)
- The Register: Japanese net suicide pact murderer to hang (March 28, 2007)
Cyber-Suicide Background
A History of Cyber Suicide
- Caslon Analytics: Cyber Suicide Overview | CyberSuicide History and Issues
- TheAtlantic.com: Let's Die Together
- WebMD: Death Hyperlink: Internet Suicide Pacts
- The Independent: Teens die after logging into suicide chat rooms (2006)
- CNN.com: Online suicide pact had sexual undertones (2005)
- BMJ.com: Suicide pacts and the internet (2004)
- News-Medical.net: Disturbing new trend in cybersuicide is emerging (2004)
- The Sydney Morning Herald: Boy's chatroom suicide plan (2004)
Japanese Suicide Culture
- WebProneNews.com: Japanese Suicide nearly doubles (2006)
- Wired: Internet Suicides Alarm Japan (2006)
- BBC: Web suicide pacts surge in Japan (2006)
- Japan Media Review: Police, Internet Providers Try to Deter Online Suicide Pacts (2005)
- Christian Science Monitor: Websites promote group suicides (2005)
- Revista Espaco Academico: "Suicide as Japan’s major export?" (2005)
- BBC: Japan's internet 'suicide clubs' (2004)
- The Sydney Morning Herald: Suicide chatrooms symptom of Japanese epidemic (2004)
- Brad McCormick's Homepage: Japanese youth commit Internet-mediated suicide... (2003)
Cyber Suicide in Pop Culture
- Wikipedia: "Happy Family Planning" | Suicide Club
- TV.com: "Paranoia Agent: Happy Family Planning"
- IMDb: Jisatsu Saakuru (Suicide Club)
- Manchester Evening News: "Theatre Review - Chatroom & Citizenship @ The Lowry"(October 11, 2007)
Cyber-Suicide Commentary and Criticism
- The Independent: "Stop Making Interent the Suicide Scapegoat (June 18,2007)
- Scotland on Sunday: Why a chat-room suicide revealed the virtual death of our society (2003)
Cyber-Suicide Message Boards and Blogs
- Liberal Japan Blog: Are internet providers responsible for sites promoting suicide
- Firing Squad: Cyber-Suicide Forum Discussion
- Cross+Flame: Cyber Suicide Forum Discussion
Central Figures
Brandon Vedas
- Wikipedia: Brandon Vedas
- BBC: Net Grief for Online Suicide (2003)
- Planet Egomania Blog: Chat Transcript and Story
Kevin Whitrick
- Wikipedia: Kevin Whitrick
- thisislondon.co.uk: Chatroom users 'egged on father to kill himself on live webcam (March 23, 2007)
Cyber-Suicide Images and Video
- GUBA: Suicide Pact - "60 Minutes Australia" (Time: 14:42)
- YouTube & Google Video: Internet Suicide Search
- YouTube: Suicide on Webcam Discussion (Time: 01:46)
- YouTube: News Noir (Time: 03:49)
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