The Times of India had 579 articles on suicides and attempted suicides from April to June 2020, from 14 editions. This accounted for 43.93% of the 1,318 articles that Project SIREN evaluated for this period. 41 articles that appeared on the first page and 190 on the first three pages of the newspaper. Of these 104 articles had less than 11 sentences.
| TIMES OF INDIA | |||
| # | Positive Scoring Criteria | Number of articles | Proportion of ToI articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presence of help seeking information | 2 | 0.35% |
| 2 | Information is up to date and operational | 2 | 0.35% |
| 3 | Links to poor mental health | 135 | 23.32% |
| 4 | Links to drug/ alcohol abuse | 25 | 4.32% |
| 5 | Comments from mental health and suicide prevention experts | 2 | 0.35% |
| 6 | Reduces stigma highlights suicides are preventable | 0 | 0.00% |
| 7 | Credible population-level suicide statistics | 2 | 0.35% |
| 8 | Challenges popular myths | 0 | 0.00% |
| 9 | Links to hopeful stories | 0 | 0.00% |
| 10 | Verified information and facts from official source | 478 | 82.56% |
| THE TIMES OF INDIA AVERAGE POSITIVE SCORE | 1.12 | ||
| # | Negative Scoring Criteria | Number of articles | Proportion of ToI articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use of criminalizing language | 383 | 66.15% |
| 2 | Attention-grabbing headlines | 425 | 73.40% |
| 3 | Method of suicide or attempted suicide is mentioned in the article | 516 | 89.12% |
| 4 | Describes method in detail | 105 | 18.13% |
| 5 | Discloses details of the suicide site | 97 | 16.75% |
| 6 | Reduces reason to a single factor or event | 211 | 36.44% |
| 7 | Accompanying photos | 82 | 14.16% |
| 8 | Contains information on grieving persons | 53 | 9.15% |
| 9 | Publishes note, text and social media post | 37 | 6.39% |
| 10 | Article is on the front page of the newspaper | 41 | 7.08% |
| THE TIMES OF INDIA AVERAGE NEGATIVE SCORE | 3.37 | ||
Hindustan Times had 178 articles on suicides and attempted suicides from April to June 2020, from 20 editions across the country. This accounted for 13.51% of the 1,318 articles that Project SIREN evaluated. 9 articles appeared on the first page and 41 in the first three pages of the newspaper. Of these, 51 articles had less than 11 sentences.
| HINDUSTAN TIMES | |||
| # | Positive Scoring Criteria | Number of articles | Proportion of HT articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presence of help seeking information | 7 | 3.93% |
| 2 | Information is up to date and operational | 7 | 3.93% |
| 3 | Links to poor mental health | 41 | 23.03% |
| 4 | Links to drug/ alcohol abuse | 0 | 0.00% |
| 5 | Comments from mental health and suicide prevention experts | 5 | 2.81% |
| 6 | Reduces stigma highlights suicides are preventable | 1 | 0.56% |
| 7 | Credible population-level suicide statistics | 0 | 0.00% |
| 8 | Credible population-level suicide statistics | 1 | 0.56% |
| 9 | Links to hopeful stories | 0 | 0.00% |
| 10 | Verified information and facts from official source | 172 | 96.63% |
| HINDUSTAN TIMES AVERAGE POSITIVE SCORE | 1.31 | ||
| # | Negative Scoring Criteria | Number of articles | Proportion of HT articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proportion of HT articles | 124 | 69.66% |
| 2 | Attention-grabbing headlines | 144 | 80.90% |
| 3 | Method of suicide or attempted suicide is mentioned in the article | 154 | 86.52% |
| 4 | Describes method in detail | 11 | 6.18% |
| 5 | Discloses details of the suicide site | 24 | 13.48% |
| 6 | Reduces reason to a single factor or event | 87 | 48.88% |
| 7 | Accompanying photos | 2 | 1.12% |
| 8 | Contains information on grieving persons | 20 | 11.24% |
| 9 | Publishes note, text and social media post | 9 | 5.06% |
| 10 | Article is on the front page of the newspaper | 9 | 5.06% |
| HINDUSTAN TIMES AVERAGE NEGATIVE SCORE | 3.58 | ||
The New Indian Express had 151 articles on suicides and attempted suicides from April to June 2020 from 33 editions across the country. This accounted for 11.46% of the 1,318 articles that Project SIREN evaluated. 7 articles appeared on the first page and 104 in the first three pages of the newspaper. Of these, 47 articles had less than 11 sentences.
| THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS | |||
| # | Positive Scoring Criteria | Number of articles | Positive Scoring Criteria |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presence of help seeking information | 10 | 6.62% |
| 2 | Information is up to date and operational | 10 | 6.62% |
| 3 | Links to poor mental health | 36 | 23.84% |
| 4 | Links to drug/ alcohol abuse | 10 | 6.62% |
| 5 | Comments from mental health and suicide prevention experts | 1 | 0.66% |
| 6 | Reduces stigma highlights suicides are preventable | 0 | 0.00% |
| 7 | Credible population-level suicide statistics | 0 | 0.00% |
| 8 | Challenges popular myths | 0 | 0.00% |
| 9 | Links to hopeful stories | 0 | 0.00% |
| 10 | Verified information and facts from official source | 94 | 62.25% |
| THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS AVERAGE POSITIVE SCORE | 1.07 | ||
| # | Negative Scoring Criteria | Number of articles | Proportion of TNIE articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use of criminalizing language | 5 | 5.88% |
| 2 | Attention-grabbing headlines | 10 | 11.76% |
| 3 | Method of suicide or attempted suicide is mentioned in the article | 10 | 11.76% |
| 4 | Describes method in detail | 16 | 18.82% |
| 5 | Discloses details of the suicide site | 2 | 2.35% |
| 6 | Reduces reason to a single factor or event | 2 | 2.35% |
| 7 | Accompanying photos | 3 | 3.53% |
| 8 | Contains information on grieving persons | 1 | 1.18% |
| 9 | Publishes note, text and social media post | 0 | 0.00% |
| 10 | Article is on the front page of the newspaper | 78 | 91.76% |
| THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS AVERAGE NEGATIVE SCORE | 3.42 | ||
The Hindu had 133 articles on suicides and attempted suicides from April to June 2020 from 11 editions across the country. This accounted for 10.09% of the 1,318 articles that Project SIREN evaluated. One article appeared on the first page and 97 in the first three pages of the newspaper. Of these, 118 articles had less than 11 sentences.
| THE HINDU | |||
| # | Positive Scoring Criteria | Number of articles | Proportion of Hindu articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presence of help seeking information | 117 | 87.97% |
| 2 | Information is up to date and operational | 117 | 87.97% |
| 3 | Links to poor mental health | 23 | 17.29% |
| 4 | Links to drug/ alcohol abuse | 2 | 1.50% |
| 5 | Comments from mental health and suicide prevention experts | 1 | 0.75% |
| 6 | Reduces stigma highlights suicides are preventable | 0 | 0.00% |
| 7 | Credible population-level suicide statistics | 0 | 0.00% |
| 8 | Challenges popular myths | 0 | 0.00% |
| 9 | Links to hopeful stories | 0 | 0.00% |
| 10 | Verified information and facts from official source | 101 | 75.94% |
| THE HINDU AVERAGE POSITIVE SCORE | 2.71 | ||
| # | Negative Scoring Criteria | Number of articles | Proportion of Hindu |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use of criminalizing language | 62 | 46.62% |
| 2 | Attention-grabbing headlines | 54 | 40.60% |
| 3 | Method of suicide or attempted suicide is mentioned in the article | 102 | 76.69% |
| 4 | Describes method in detail | 17 | 12.78% |
| 5 | Discloses details of the suicide site | 23 | 17.29% |
| 6 | Reduces reason to a single factor or event | 49 | 36.84% |
| 7 | Accompanying photos | 2 | 1.50% |
| 8 | Contains information on grieving persons | 2 | 1.50% |
| 9 | Publishes note, text and social media post | 0 | 0.00% |
| 10 | Article is on the front page of the newspaper | 1 | 0.00% |
| THE HINDU AVERAGE NEGATIVE SCORE | 2.35 | ||
The Indian Express had 85 articles on suicides and attempted suicides from April to June 2020 from 8 editions. This accounted for 6.45% of the 1,318 articles that Project SIREN evaluated. 3 articles appeared on the first page and 27 in the first three pages of the newspaper. Of these, 57 articles had less than 11 sentences.
| THE INDIAN EXPRESS | |||
| # | Positive Scoring Criteria | Number of articles | Proportion of TIE articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presence of help seeking information | 5 | 5.88% |
| 2 | Information is up to date and operational | 10 | 11.76% |
| 3 | Links to poor mental health | 10 | 11.76% |
| 4 | Links to drug/ alcohol abuse | 16 | 18.82% |
| 5 | Comments from mental health and suicide prevention experts | 2 | 2.35% |
| 6 | Reduces stigma highlights suicides are preventable | 2 | 2.35% |
| 7 | Credible population-level suicide statistics | 3 | 3.53% |
| 8 | Challenges popular myths | 1 | 1.18% |
| 9 | Links to hopeful stories | 0 | 0.00% |
| 10 | Verified information and facts from official source | 78 | 91.76% |
| THE INDIAN EXPRESS AVERAGE POSITIVE SCORE | 1.49 | ||
| # | Negative Scoring Criteria | Number of articles | Proportion of TIE articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use of criminalizing language | 53 | 62.35% |
| 2 | Attention-grabbing headlines | 76 | 89.41% |
| 3 | Method of suicide or attempted suicide is mentioned in the article | 75 | 88.24% |
| 4 | Describes method in detail | 6 | 7.06% |
| 5 | Discloses details of the suicide site | 17 | 20.00% |
| 6 | Reduces reason to a single factor or event | 36 | 42.35% |
| 7 | Accompanying photos | 4 | 4.71% |
| 8 | Contains information on grieving persons | 10 | 11.76% |
| 9 | Publishes note, text and social media post | 3 | 3.53% |
| 10 | Article is on the front page of the newspaper | 2 | 2.35% |
| THE INDIAN EXPRESS AVERAGE NEGATIVE SCORE | 3.32 | ||
The Telegraph had 79 articles on suicides and attempted suicides from April to June 2020 from 6 editions. This accounted for 5.99% of the 1,318 articles that Project SIREN evaluated. 9 reports appeared on the first page and 11 in the first three pages of the newspaper. Of which, 27 articles had less than 11 sentences.
| THE TELEGRAPH | |||
| # | Positive Scoring Criteria | Number of articles | Proportion of Telegraph articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presence of help seeking information | 0 | 0.00% |
| 2 | Information is up to date and operational | 0 | 0.00% |
| 3 | Links to poor mental health | 16 | 20.25% |
| 4 | Links to drug/ alcohol abuse | 0 | 0.00% |
| 5 | Comments from mental health and suicide prevention experts | 0 | 0.00% |
| 6 | Reduces stigma highlights suicides are preventable | 0 | 0.00% |
| 7 | Credible population-level suicide statistics | 0 | 0.00% |
| 8 | Challenges popular myths | 0 | 0.00% |
| 9 | Links to hopeful stories | 0 | 0.00% |
| 10 | Verified information and facts from official source | 65 | 82.28% |
| THE TELEGRAPH AVERAGE POSITIVE SCORE | 1.03 | ||
| # | Negative Scoring Criteria | Number of articles | Proportion of Telegraph articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use of criminalizing language | 45 | 56.96% |
| 2 | Attention-grabbing headlines | 70 | 88.61% |
| 3 | Method of suicide or attempted suicide is mentioned in the article | 70 | 88.61% |
| 4 | Describes method in detail | 10 | 12.66% |
| 5 | Discloses details of the suicide site | 10 | 12.66% |
| 6 | Reduces reason to a single factor or event | 31 | 39.24% |
| 7 | Accompanying photos | 3 | 3.80% |
| 8 | Contains information on grieving persons | 14 | 17.72% |
| 9 | Publishes note, text and social media post | 4 | 5.06% |
| 10 | Article is on the front page of the newspaper | 9 | 11.39% |
| THE TELEGRAPH AVERAGE NEGATIVE SCORE | 3.37 | ||
Mirror had 78 articles on suicides and attempted suicides from April to June 2020, from 4 editions across the country. This accounted for 5.92% of the 1,318 articles that Project SIREN evaluated. 7 articles appeared on the first page and 19 in the first three pages of the newspaper. Of these, 21 had less than 11 sentences.
| MIRROR | |||
| # | Positive Scoring Criteria | Number of articles | Proportion of Mirror articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presence of help seeking information | 2 | 2.56% |
| 2 | Information is up to date and operational | 2 | 2.56% |
| 3 | Links to poor mental health | 19 | 24.36% |
| 4 | Links to drug/ alcohol abuse | 4 | 5.13% |
| 5 | Comments from mental health and suicide prevention experts | 2 | 2.56% |
| 6 | Reduces stigma highlights suicides are preventable | 1 | 1.28% |
| 7 | Credible population-level suicide statistics | 1 | 1.28% |
| 8 | Challenges popular myths | 0 | 0.00% |
| 9 | Links to hopeful stories | 0 | 0.00% |
| 10 | Verified information and facts from official source | 72 | 92.31% |
| MIRROR AVERAGE POSITIVE SCORE | 1.32 | ||
| # | Negative Scoring Criteria | Number of articles | Proportion of Mirror articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use of criminalizing language | 40 | 51.28% |
| 2 | Attention-grabbing headlines | 71 | 91.03% |
| 3 | Method of suicide or attempted suicide is mentioned in the article | 70 | 89.74% |
| 4 | Describes method in detail | 23 | 29.49% |
| 5 | Discloses details of the suicide site | 31 | 39.74% |
| 6 | Reduces reason to a single factor or event | 30 | 38.46% |
| 7 | Accompanying photos | 37 | 47.44% |
| 8 | Contains information on grieving persons | 11 | 14.10% |
| 9 | Publishes note, text and social media post | 2 | 2.56% |
| 10 | Article is on the front page of the newspaper | 7 | 8.97% |
| MIRROR AVERAGE NEGATIVE SCORE | 4.13 | ||
The Tribune had 27 articles on suicides and attempted suicides from April to June 2020, from 7 editions across the country. This accounted for 2.05% of the 1,318 articles that Project SIREN evaluated. 4 articles appeared on the first page and 6 in the first three pages of the newspaper. Of these, 24 reports had less than 11 sentences.
| THE TRIBUNE | |||
| # | Positive Scoring Criteria | Number of articles | Proportion of Tribune articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presence of help seeking information | 0 | 0.00% |
| 2 | Information is up to date and operational | 0 | 0.00% |
| 3 | Links to poor mental health | 4 | 14.81% |
| 4 | Links to drug/ alcohol abuse | 4 | 14.81% |
| 5 | Comments from mental health and suicide prevention experts | 0 | 0.00% |
| 6 | Reduces stigma highlights suicides are preventable | 0 | 0.00% |
| 7 | Credible population-level suicide statistics | 0 | 0.00% |
| 8 | Challenges popular myths | 0 | 0.00% |
| 9 | Links to hopeful stories | 0 | 0.00% |
| 10 | Verified information and facts from official source | 19 | 70.37% |
| THE TRIBUNE AVERAGE POSITIVE SCORE | 1.00 | ||
| # | Negative Scoring Criteria | Number of articles | Proportion of Tribune articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use of criminalizing language | 23 | 85.19% |
| 2 | Attention-grabbing headlines | 22 | 81.48% |
| 3 | Method of suicide or attempted suicide is mentioned in the article | 25 | 92.59% |
| 4 | Describes method in detail | 4 | 14.81% |
| 5 | Discloses details of the suicide site | 8 | 29.63% |
| 6 | Reduces reason to a single factor or event | 13 | 48.15% |
| 7 | Accompanying photos | 3 | 11.11% |
| 8 | Contains information on grieving persons | 7 | 25.93% |
| 9 | Publishes note, text and social media post | 0 | 0.00% |
| 10 | Article is on the front page of the newspaper | 4 | 14.81% |
| THE TRIBUNE AVERAGE NEGATIVE SCORE | 4.04 | ||
The Economic Times had 8 articles on suicides and attempted suicides from April to June 2020, from 4 editions across the country. This accounted for 0.61% of the 1,318 articles that Project SIREN evaluated. No articles appeared on the first page and 7 were on the first three pages of the newspaper. Of these 6 articles had less than 11 sentences.
| THE ECONOMIC TIMES | |||
| # | Positive Scoring Criteria | Number of articles | Proportion of ET articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presence of help seeking information | 1 | 12.50% |
| 2 | Information is up to date and operational | 1 | 12.50% |
| 3 | Links to poor mental health | 2 | 25.00% |
| 4 | Links to drug/ alcohol abuse | 0 | 0.00% |
| 5 | Comments from mental health and suicide prevention experts | 0 | 0.00% |
| 6 | Reduces stigma highlights suicides are preventable | 0 | 0.00% |
| 7 | Credible population-level suicide statistics | 0 | 0.00% |
| 8 | Credible population-level suicide statistics | 0 | 0.00% |
| 9 | Links to hopeful stories | 0 | 0.00% |
| 10 | Verified information and facts from official source | 5 | 62.50% |
| THE ECONOMIC TIMES AVERAGE POSITIVE SCORE | 1.13 | ||
| # | Negative Scoring Criteria | Number of articles | Proportion of ET articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use of criminalizing language | 6 | 75.00% |
| 2 | Attention-grabbing headlines | 6 | 75.00% |
| 3 | Method of suicide or attempted suicide is mentioned in the article | 5 | 62.50% |
| 4 | Describes method in detail | 1 | 12.50% |
| 5 | Discloses details of the suicide site | 3 | 37.50% |
| 6 | Reduces reason to a single factor or event | 2 | 25.00% |
| 7 | Accompanying photos | 2 | 25.00% |
| 8 | Contains information on grieving persons | 1 | 12.50% |
| 9 | Publishes note, text and social media post | 0 | 0.00% |
| 10 | Article is on the front page of the newspaper | 0 | 0.00% |
| THE ECONOMIC TIMES AVERAGE NEGATIVE SCORE | 3.25 | ||