Individualizing mental health responsibilities on Sina Weibo: a content analysis of depression framing by media organizations and mental health institutions

Zhang, Yuan; Lu, Yifeng; Jin, Yan; Wang, Yubin

doi:10.1080/17538068.2020.1858220

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“…The failure to treat human health as essential capital for development 50 has also contributed to a widespread belief that health is a personal matter rather than a public good. Health is largely framed as a matter of individual responsibility, 51 without little acknowledgment of the manifold ways in which unfavourable social or physical environments may restrict the capacity to lead a healthy life.…”

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Healthy cities initiative in China: Progress, challenges, and the way forward

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Zhang

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et al. 2022

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

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Section: Limited Public Participationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Healthy cities initiative in China: Progress, challenges, and the way forward

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Zhang

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et al. 2022

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

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“…However, in recent years, social media in particular have not only changed the way in which people receive and engage with health information (Goodyear et al, 2019;Heiss & Rudolph, 2022;Moorhead et al, 2013), but also increasingly affected the public perception of and attitudes towards health issues (Albalawi & Sixsmith, 2017;Heiss & Rudolph, 2022;Seltzer et al, 2017;Starr & Oxlad, 2021). Still, there is only a limited number of studies examining how responsibility for health issues is portrayed on social media platforms (e.g., Yoo & Kim, 2012;Zhang et al, 2021). Therefore, future research should further explore the responsibility framing of health issues on platforms such as YouTube or Instagram.…”

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“…These responsibility frames are considered generic, i.e., they can be identified in relation to different topics (De Vreese, 2011). Still, they have mainly been examined in the context of health issues (Major & Jankowski, 2020), such as depression (Zhang et al, 2016;Zhang et al, 2021;Zhang & Jin, 2015), diabetes (Gounder & Ameer, 2018;Stefanik-Sidener, 2013) and obesity (S.-H. Kim & Willis, 2007;Nimegeer et al, 2019;S. Sun et al, 2021).…”

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Framing Depression

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Responsibility framing research on health issues typically investigates the attribution of responsibility for causes and treatment options to either the individual or society. However, social epidemiological perspectives also stress the relevance of an individual’s social network and underline that the three levels of responsibility (individual, social network, and society) interact. Given that media portrayals can affect public perceptions, attitudes, responsibility attributions, and emotions, we examined causal and treatment responsibility attributions on these three levels in the media coverage of depression. Our quantitative content analysis of major German print and online news media from 2011 to 2020 (N = 755) shows that responsibility is not only assigned to the individual and societal level, but both to the social network and to interactions between the three levels. Our findings additionally stress that key events may influence the portrayal of responsibility in media coverage, but resulting changes are only short-term.

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“…Against the backdrop of Chinese culture, depression is often considered an excuse for an individual's failure and can bring shame to their family [10,11]. Rather than receiving support and help, people with depression often face discrimination in the workspace, at schools, and among family and friends [10,12]. While facing a lack of support in the real world, social media may be a platform for seeking support online.…”

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What Happens When People with Depression Gather Online?

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Tian

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Depression is a common mental disease that impacts people of all ages and backgrounds. To meet needs that cannot otherwise be met, people with depression or who tend to suffer from depression often gather in online depression communities. However, since joining a depression community exposes members to the depression of others, the impact of such communities is not entirely clear. This study therefore explored what happens when people with depression gather in Sina Weibo’s Depression Super Topic online community. Through website crawling, postings from Depression Super Topic were compared with postings from members’ regular timelines with respect to themes, emotions disclosed, activity patterns, and the number of likes and comments. Topics of distilled postings covering support, regulations, emotions and life sharing, and initiating discussions were then coded. From comparison analysis, it was found that postings in the Depression Super Topic community received more comments and disclosed more emotions than regular timelines and that members were more active in the community at night. This study offers a picture of what occurs when people with depression gather online, which helps better understand their issues and therefore provide more targeted support.

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Individualizing mental health responsibilities on Sina Weibo: a content analysis of depression framing by media organizations and mental health institutions

Cited by 14 publications

References 70 publications

Healthy cities initiative in China: Progress, challenges, and the way forward

Healthy cities initiative in China: Progress, challenges, and the way forward

Framing Depression

What Happens When People with Depression Gather Online?

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