Netflix 13 Reasons Why

In collaboration with Netflix, this project assessed the mental health-related impacts of the 2017 series 13 Reasons Why on adolescents from Australia/ New Zealand, U.K., U.S., and Brazil.

Publications:

  • Carter, M. C., Cingel, D. P., Lauricella, A. R., & Wartella, E. (2021). 13 Reasons Why, Perceived Norms, and Reports of Mental Health-Related Behavior Change among Adolescent and Young Adult Viewers in Four Global Regions. Communication Research, 48(8), 1110-1132. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650220930462
  • Cingel, D.P., Lauricella, A.R., Mann, S. et al. Parent Sensitive Topic Understanding, Communication Comfort, and Parent-Adolescent Conversation Following Exposure to 13 Reasons Why: A Comparison of Parents from Four Countries. J Child Fam Stud 30, 1846–1857 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-01984-6
  • Ellen Wartella, Drew P. Cingel & Alexis R. Lauricella (2018) Controversy sells, but what about science? Press coverage of 13 Reasons Why, Journal of Children and Media, 12:3, 368-372, DOI: 10.1080/17482798.2018.1487251
  • Lauricella, A. R., Cingel, D. P., & Wartella, E. (2023). The role of different characters on story-consistent attitudes and self-reported mental health-related behavior change among viewers of 13 Reasons Why. Psychology of Popular Media, 12(1), 93–104. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000383
  • Mann, S., Cingel, D. P., Lauricella, A. R., & Wartella, E. (2021). Parent viewership of 13 reasons why and parental perceived knowledge about adolescent life: Implications for parental efficacy among parents from the United States, the United Kingdom, Brazil, and Australia/New Zealand. Journal of Children and Media, 16(2), 240–260. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2021.1962931
  • Evans JM, Lauricella AR, Cingel DP, Cino D and Wartella EA (2021) Behind the Reasons: The Relationship Between Adolescent and Young Adult Mental Health Risk Factors and Exposure to Season One of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why. Front. Hum. Dyn 3:600146. doi: 10.3389/fhumd.2021.600146

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