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Forget Nirvana or James Dean! Back in the 19th century, every angsty teen had one idol: Werther--and they would do anything to be like him ... anything.
Podcaster: Elizabeth
Further Reading
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther, (1774, updated 1787). David P. Phillips, “The Influence of Suggestion on Suicide: Substantive and Theoretical Implications of the Werther Effect,” American Sociological Review 39:3 (1974), pp. 340-54. (Available via JSTOR) Lauren Coleman, The Copycat Effect: How the Media and Popular Culture Trigger the Mayhem in Tomorrow’s Headlines, Gallery Books (2004). Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com) Leave a Reply. |