HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Media Matters For America, Bipolar Disorder, Biology Of Depression
22 Feb 2018
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Television news, newspapers, literature, television, movies, social media. In uences popular public attitudes, more so than contact. Research from as early as the 1930s documents negative depictions of mental illness in the media. With exception of negative stereotypes, people with mental illness usually absent. Facilitates exclusion - as if they don"t exist. Media serves to misinform the mass public on mental health issues and treatments. Media pressured by industry standards to sell news, not accurately report. For mental illness, lacking a physical manifestation, representations are crucial, they inform what it is, what its nature is. Mental illness, lacking in concrete form, is a venue for projection: people project upon mental illness their desires, fears, worries, hopes, etc. Media central in construction difference representations are critical in helping to create the boundaries of who belongs and who does not belong. On tv, 1 in 4 mentally ill individuals murder, 50% commit violent acts.
