PS285 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Domestic Violence, Medical Literature, Social Representation
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Lay representations of illness: medical literature provides a relatively clear depiction of illness, much more complicated when seen through the eyes of an individual, coloured by representations related to, media, society and culture, cognitions, personal experiences and narratives. Women"s magazines: not many movies or novels or other media sources view personality disorders as both. 18% positive and accurate or negative and accurate; our perception of mental illnesses tend to be false for media representations tend to be tilted in order to make money. Social representations of illness: shared group/community values, belief, and practices regarding illness and disease, i. e. common sense, orient individuals to their social context and facilitates communication, ex. Health in western culture as a metaphor for self-control, willpower, and. Represented on what you do on a daily basis: ex. Living with diabetes in rural and urban ghana (aikins 2003) Researchers talked to those living with diabetes about their experiences and who responded and how to their diabetes.
