Christine Chubbuck, the first person to attempt suicide on live TV. We'll examine her life, her impact on media, and the history of suicide captured on film.
~Updated 16 May 2022 with host's name pronunciation.
References
- Pridmore, S., & Walter, G. (2013). The Predicaments of People Whose Suicide was Captured on Film. The Malaysian journal of medical sciences: MJMS, 20(4), 64–70.
- Stratton, J. (2020). Death and the Spectacle in Television and Social Media. Television & New Media, 21(1), 3.
- Harrod, H. (2016). Why the story of TV’s first live suicide must be told; Two films about the shocking death of anchorwoman Christine Chubbuck ask important questions about our attitude to salacious news. Sunday Telegraph (London, England).
- Quinn, S. (1974, August). Christine Chubbuck: 29, Good-Looking, Educated, A Television Personality. Dead. Live and in Color. Washington Post. Retrieved from http://reprints.longform.org/christine-chubbuck-29-good-looking-educated-a-television-personality-dead-live-and-in-color