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PREDICTIONS – 10 Years Later - Santa Fe Institute

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APPENDIX C<br />

POPULARIZED DEATHS HAVE AN ECHO<br />

APPENDIX FIGURE 11.1 Both graphs show the number of fatalities in accidents<br />

above the expected average following a suicide or a homicide of a popular personality.<br />

The top graph concerns cars; the lower one U.S. commercial carriers.<br />

There is evidence for a strong 3-4 day echo and a smaller 7-8 day one. ∗<br />

∗ Adapted from graphs by David Phillips. The top graph is reprinted by permission from<br />

David Phillips, “Suicide, Motor Vehicle Fatalities, and the Mass Media: Evidence Toward<br />

a Theory of Suggestion,” American Journal of Sociology, vol. 84, No. 5: 1150. Copyright<br />

1979 by the University of Chicago. The bottom graph is reprinted from David Phillips,<br />

“Airplane Accidents, Murder, and the Mass Media: Towards a Theory of Imitation and<br />

Suggestion” Social Forces, vol. 58, No. 4, (June 1980). Copyright 1980, The University of<br />

North Carolina Press.<br />

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