网络直播自杀是一兼具互联网传播特性与自杀命题之复杂性的特殊现象，目前尚未有学者对此进行系统研究。本文从充权理论的角度对网络直播自杀当事人如何实现自我充权进行了研究，发现自我充权的实现主要分为求生和改善自身处境两个层面。研究以慧科报刊新闻数据库收集的133例网络直播自杀事件为样本进行数据编码，应用内容分析法、数据统计法、Kendall’s Tau-b相关分析等方法进行定量分析，应用清晰集定性比较分析法进行定量与定性相结合的分析，结果表明，警方、网友干预性的外力推动对网络直播自杀当事人最终生还起着重要作用。同时，采取文献研究、深度访谈、案例分析等定性研究法，对自杀当事人进行网络直播自杀的动机和结果进行追踪分析，发现改变自身处境是使当事人真正摆脱自杀阴影的迫切需求，而他人提供实质性的社会支持与当事人积极的自我调适是满足这种需求的必要条件。 So far there is little research involving “live cybersuicide”—a peculiar phenomenon concerning the characteristics of Internet communication and the complex social phenomenon of suicide. By applying the empowerment theory, this thesis has explored how people who committed or attempted to commit live cybersuicide achieve their self-empowerment. Self-empowerment is defined as the process and the result of survival and living condition improvement. Based on quantitative and qualitative analyses of 133 live cybersuicide incidents reported in news stories, this study has found that: (1) The police and Internet users contribute much to the survival of the live cybersuicide protagonist; (2) others instrumental social support and protagonist’s self-adjustment are necessary for the protagonist to get out of the suicide shadow and to realize genuine self-empowerment—enjoying life itself.