Use of the word schizophrenia in Portuguese newspapers

Rodrigues-Silva, Nuno; Almeida, T. Falcão de; Araújo, Filipa; Molodynski, Andrew; Venâncio, Ângela; Bouça, J.

doi:10.1080/09638237.2016.1207231

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“…The disproportionate proportion of stigmatising coverage associated with schizophrenia could be for several reasons. Schizophrenia is frequently associated with violence and criminality when discussed in newspapers (Clement and Foster, 2008; Goulden et al ., 2011; Aoki et al ., 2016; Rodrigues-Silva et al ., 2017; Gwarjanski and Parrott, 2018; Bowen et al ., 2019), either in a metaphorical or literal sense. Newspapers focus on criminality and mission to report topics that are ‘newsworthy’ may create a selection bias towards only publishing stories about people with schizophrenia that have committed a criminal act.…”

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Improvement for most, but not all: changes in newspaper coverage of mental illness from 2008 to 2019 in England

Hildersley

Potts

Anderson

et al. 2020

Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci

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Aims Time to Change, an anti-stigma programme in England, has worked to reduce stigma relating to mental illness in many facets of life. Newspaper reports are an important factor in shaping public attitudes towards mental illnesses, as well as working as a barometer reflecting public opinion. This study aims to assess the way that coverage of mental health topics and different mental illnesses has changed since 2008. Method Articles covering mental health in 18 different newspapers were retrieved using keyword searches on two randomly chosen days of each month in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2019. A content analysis approach using a structured coding framework was used to extract information from the articles. Logistic regression models were used to estimate the change in odds of each hypothesised stigmatising or anti-stigmatising element occurring in 2019 compared to 2008 and 2016 with a Wald test to assess the overall significance of year as a predictor in the model. Further logistic regression models were used to assess the association between the diagnosis that an article was about and the odds that it was stigmatising, and whether this relationship is moderated by year of publication. Results A total of 6731 articles were analysed, and there was a significant increase in anti-stigmatising articles in 2019 compared to 2008 (OR 3.16 (2.60–3.84), p < 0.001) and 2016 (OR 1.40 (1.16–1.69), p < 0.001). Of the 5142 articles that specified a diagnosis, articles about schizophrenia were 6.37 times more likely to be stigmatising than articles about other diagnoses (OR 6.37 (3.05–13.29) p < 0.001), and there was evidence that the strength of this relationship significantly interacted with the year an article was published (p = 0.010). Articles about depression were significantly less likely to be stigmatising (OR 0.59 (0.69–0.85) p = 0.018) than those about other diagnoses, while there was no difference in coverage of eating disorders v. other diagnoses (OR 1.37 (0.67–2.80) p = 0.386); neither of these relationships showed an interaction with the year of publication. Conclusion Anti-stigma programmes should continue to work with newspapers to improve coverage of mental illness. However, interventions should consider providing specific guidance and promote awareness of rarer mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, and evaluation should examine whether reductions in stigma extend to people with all mental illness diagnoses.

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Improvement for most, but not all: changes in newspaper coverage of mental illness from 2008 to 2019 in England

Hildersley

Potts

Anderson

et al. 2020

Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci

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“…These results should be interpreted in the context of research discussed in the introduction indicating that media coverage of mental illness tends to disproportionately focus on crime and violence (Murphy et al, 2013;Rodrigues-Silva et al, 2017;Thornicroft et al, 2013). Indeed, a study of mental illness coverage in Canadian newspapers found that only 10% of Canadian newspaper stories focused on recovery, while 51% focused on crime, violence and danger in 2015 (Whitley & Wang, 2017a).…”

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confidence: 74%

“…Evidence suggests that mainstream media coverage of mental illness tends to disproportionately focus on factors such as danger, criminality and violence (Murphy, Fatoye, & Wibberley, 2013;Rodrigues-Silva et al, 2017;Thornicroft et al, 2013). This can contribute to negative public attitudes, inaccurate beliefs and erroneous stereotypes about people with mental illness, often leading to prejudice and discrimination (McGinty, Webster, & Barry, 2013;Reavley, Jorm, & Morgan, 2016;Thornicroft, 2006).…”

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Media coverage of mental illness: a comparison of citizen journalism vs. professional journalism portrayals

Carmichael

Adamson

Sitter

2019

Journal of Mental Health

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Background: Evidence suggests that mainstream media coverage of mental illness tends to focus on factors such as crime and violence. Thus, mental health advocates have argued that alternative portrayals are necessary to reduce stigma. Aim: The aim of this paper is to compare the tone and content of mainstream TV coverage of mental illness with educational videos produced by citizen journalists with mental illness. Methods: We trained three groups of people with mental illness in citizen journalism and participatory video. These groups then produced a series of educational videos about mental illness (n ¼ 26). Simultaneously, we systematically collected TV clips about mental illness from a major Canadian TV station (n ¼ 26). We then compared the tone and content of citizen journalism videos vs. TV clips using content analysis techniques. Results: The citizen journalist videos tended to be more positive and hopeful. For example, over 60% of the citizen journalism videos focused on recovery, compared to 27% of the TV clips. Conversely, over 40% of the TV clips focused on crime, violence or legal issues, in comparison to only 23% of the citizen journalism videos. Conclusion: Citizen journalism by people with mental illness has the potential to educate the public and reduce stigma.

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“…This study replicated the method used by Rodrigues-Silva et al (2017) with some adaptations. The study used a cross-sectional design to explore the context surrounding mental health conditions in print media in India.…”

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confidence: 73%

Mental health disorders in English newspapers of India: A retrospective study

Arneaud¹,

Kar²,

Majumder

et al. 2022

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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Background: In recent years there has been significant coverage of mental health in Indian newspapers; the media can play a significant role in perpetuating as well as reducing stigma towards people with mental illness. This paper analyses the content, context and type of newspaper coverage of various mental health disorders in English language newspapers in India between 2016 and 2021. Methods: A detailed analysis was performed on a sample of articles about mental illness in a range of English language Indian newspapers. Results: Depression was the most prevalent topic amongst the articles followed by anxiety, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Our study describes a wide range of use of mental health disorders in various newspapers. All diagnoses were generally described in a criminal context like homicide, sexual assault and other crimes. Over time newspaper coverage of mental illness has become less stigmatising. Further exploration of non-English medium newspapers is required to fully understand the extent of the role of print media in perpetuating unhelpful stereotypes of people with mental illness in India.

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Use of the word schizophrenia in Portuguese newspapers

Abstract: Our results suggest the media has an active role promoting stigma, as well as passively broadcasting and thus passing on prejudices.

Cited by 16 publications

References 12 publications

Improvement for most, but not all: changes in newspaper coverage of mental illness from 2008 to 2019 in England

Improvement for most, but not all: changes in newspaper coverage of mental illness from 2008 to 2019 in England

Media coverage of mental illness: a comparison of citizen journalism vs. professional journalism portrayals

Mental health disorders in English newspapers of India: A retrospective study

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