papageno effect

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What does papageno effect mean?

The effect of mass media deterring people from suicide by promoting alternatives.

Where does papageno effect come from?

Named after a lovelorn character, Papageno, from the 18th-century opera The Magic Flute, who contemplates suicide until other characters suggest alternative resolutions.

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